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Actually, I worry more about the souls of others, because (unless of course I'm wrong, and by the time I know it, it will be too late to fix it!) I know the state of my own soul. I can only hope for others. Of course, I don't think it's helpful to tell anyone you think they're going to Hell. There's nothing I can do to save anyone, so my commission is to share the Gospel, pray for others, and be a witness with my life (which I sorely fall down on every single day).
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Actually, I worry more about the souls of others, because (unless of course I'm wrong, and by the time I know it, it will be too late to fix it!) I know the state of my own soul. I can only hope for others. Of course, I don't think it's helpful to tell anyone you think they're going to Hell. There's nothing I can do to save anyone, so my commission is to share the Gospel Fine. Just keep it out of the science class and our government., pray for others Isn't this sort of like trying to impose your will on others against their will? Perhaps y'all should set up a national "do not pray for" database where we could log in and take our names off your list., and be a witness with my life I wish the 'religious' would uphold some sort of moral code on this forum.(which I sorely fall down on every single day). susie

Point taken...but it is as you state, not at all helpful, and in my opinion, just plain vile, to tell anyone that you think that they are going to Hell(and make that statement as if it were a known fact), and then laugh about it...

Would you actually approach a person and say they are going to Hell, and that you are going to have a good laugh over that? No, I dont believe that you would...but there are many on FR, many who do exactly that...and it is to them specifically, that I say, keep you nosey nose to yourself, and worry about your own fate...

Of course, I don't think it's helpful to tell anyone you think they're going to Hell.

It appears that Jesus disagrees. These sure look like warnings to me!

NIV Matthew 23:33
"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

NIV Mark 9:43-48
43. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.
45. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
47. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
48. where "`their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'

NIV Luke 12:5
5. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing othe body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

NIV Luke 16:19-31
19. "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
20. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
21. and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22. "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
23. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
24. So he called to him, `Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
25. "But Abraham replied, `Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
26. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
27. "He answered, `Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,
28. for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
29. "Abraham replied, `They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
30. "`No, father Abraham,' he said, `but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
31. "He said to him, `If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"