Christian Death Paradox
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One thing that always bugged me about Christians is their stance on death. Christians hold the viewpoint that death is a positive thing so long as you’re on Jesus’ saved list, since now you’re with God in paradise. But if this is the case, why do Christians respond to death and tragedy as if they’re a bad thing, the same way an atheist would? I morn the deaths of loved ones and view events like 9/11 as bad things because I believe that I’ll never see these loved ones again and these lives are lost forever.
Christians, on the other hand, believe they will see their fellow Christians again and that they’re going to a better place. So why don’t they react the same to death as they would if they were simply moving away and not going to see these people again for just a few years? Why do Christians even bother to go to the hospital when they’re sick if they believe death will take them to a better place? Why do they lock their doors at night?
Christians still haven’t satisfactorily answered this paradox. Hypothetically, why don’t Christians kill other Christians just so that they can get to heaven faster? If the only reason is it violates the 10 commandments, is that really the most moral reason? According to this supposed system of belief, it seems like you’d be doing people a favor. And if you’re a Catholic, then you no longer believe in limbo, which means souls are saved by default, and therefore have a sure thing in heaven unless they screw up during their life. So wouldn’t a moral Christian risk his own soul to kill babies so that they don’t have to run the risk of screwing up the salvation of their soul in life? Why do Christians oppose abortion and condemn what they perceive as the murder of babies if the babies are going to a better place? If life is just God’s waiting room and you view a fetus as a life, why not abort fetuses? If life is but a joke, why not spare already saved people from living it?
I asked a Christian in a text comment on YouTube why she’s so scared of dying and why she goes to such great lengths to avoid death if she is so convinced she’d go to better place? She couldn’t answer the question so employed a dodge by insisting that that’s “testing” God and only Satan tests God. Believers just believe and testing God shows they lack faith. I insisted that what I describe is not a test. If she’s so certain God exists and that she’s going to Heaven, then where’s the test? And leaving your door unlocked at night is hardly suicide. Choosing to rely on God wisdom rather than medical science is a show of faith, not doubt. So again. I told her to stop dodging and to just answer the question:
Why are you scared of death?
I still haven’t gotten an answer.
