Originally Posted by Frank Samuel

Since I was born all I ever heard is that the world is going to end. People are evil, those that do not believe in Jesus as their lord and Saviour are going to hell, only to see with my own eyes the hyprocrisy of the messengers of the so called word of God. This is not a solution by any means, i'm sorry to say
that the belief in hell and the choosen ones mentality has brought more devisiveness and conflict, recent example the conflict in Ireland between protestants and Catholics. I feel that we must evolve beyond these divisions which leaves more than half the world out of the picture . If we get down to the fundamental belief initially only 144,000 will be saved. Now what's the possibility that any of us are going to be saved under this scenario.
The mathematical odds are not in our favor. If I recollect my history, all those that follow in the footsteps of Jesus where willing to go the way of the cross as the ultimate sacrifice ,you are only uttering what has been a christian tradition. In all of this in my opinion physically speaking there is no winners. My view is that we have to evolved beyond rights and wrongs. Mandela became a teacher to a nation of bigots who thought that blacks where a little more than animals, he evolved beyond this childish mentality to heal a nation. I do not see anybody calling him a anti christ because he unified south africa. My hope is that we can evolve beyond religious dogma
to embrace even our enemies, only then will be able to see beyond the darkness of the destruction of this planet. Contrarary to popular belief it will take a lot of hard work and sacrifice in ourselves to move in the direction of peace and mutual cooperation. Could this be achieved, I wonder !!!