[betty boop]

Some of the "Christians" right here have told me that I am doomed to hell for not being a Christian.

Then it seems to me they are saying more than they really know. For they don't know how you will "turn out," what you will become, etc.; and they don't know how Christ will judge you. For all they know, He may have a very special place in His heart for you....

In any case we are directed to love our neighbor as ourself. To flat-out tell someone that they are damned to Hell doesn't strike me as being particularly neighborly.... FWIW

[WildTurkey]

Then it seems to me they are saying more than they really know. For they don't know how you will "turn out," what you will become, etc.; and they don't know how Christ will judge you. For all they know, He may have a very special place in His heart for you....

We are all predestined, right?

[Alamo-Girl]

What a beautiful post, betty boop! You have a wonderful knack for seeing the forest while so many of us are examing the trees.

Indeed, the Great Commandment is to love God absolutely. And the second is to love our neighbor unconditionally. Everything - the law, the prophets - "hang" on those two commandments. (Matthew 22)