Yes, it is not just taking a chance, it is downright dangerous, and MOST foolhardy to take a "wait and see what happens" attitude. That is not good enough for me. That was the unanswered question I had, that the catholic priest could not answer. I wanted to know, if I was supposedly in the "one true church" why was I sure I was going to Hell? He tried to hem haw and dance around the subject, and gave me non answers. I was a faithful catholic. I demanded an answer. I did NOT get one. It seemed like I was interrupting a football game. I left more angry and disgusted than I was before. Several years later, I found the answer to my question, through simple faith. The key word being "simple" We are not discussing brain surgery here. It is a lot simpler than that. The moral of the story is, I figured out if I had unanswered questions, I knew who I was NOT going to see. Now, you might ask, why do people continue to worship Him in vain, and teach for doctrine the commandments of men? I still haven't figured that one out, but I would suspect it could be hazardous to one's soul health. It seems so much simpler to me, to put my faith in God, rather than some behemoth, mysterious, cloudy, nebulous organization, that weighs its people down with enormous heavy burdens, and doesn't doesn't lift a finger to help them bare it. I finally took my anger directly to God, and found out that His yoke really is easy, and His burden is light. If someone wants to remain in a gigantic organization, that's on them. All I can say is, have a nice eternity. See you at the pearly gates, maybe.
....”put my faith in God, rather than some behemoth, mysterious, cloudy, nebulous organization, that weighs its people down with enormous heavy burdens, and doesn’t doesn’t lift a finger to help them bare it. I finally took my anger directly to God, and found out that His yoke really is easy, and His burden is light”.....
Nice post and a pleasure to read.....freedom from weight is a wonderful thing...especially one Jesus does not intend we carry.