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Atheists that I have known, make better citizens than the devout Christians that I have known. I can't explain why, but that is the way they seem to me.
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You DO NOT have to go to church or believe in any god to be a good person with morals . That all I have to say about that .
Atheists that I have known, make better citizens than the devout Christians that I have known. I can't explain why, but that is the way they seem to me.
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I agree it is true there are many, many kind and generous people that don't believe in God and have never been saved. Though morals are important we cannot live good enough to make it into heaven no matter how hard we try.
Being a Christian does not make anyone perfect as there is none, no not one without sin as stated in the Holy Bible.
We must repent and be saved and forgiven of the sin of unbelief if we are to enter into heaven as this is the only sin that separates us from God.
We don't repent of carnal sins when begotten by the Holy Spirit but the sin of unbelief which is of the heart. We are promised one opportunity but some receive many callings. A calling comes as a still small voice speaking to our hearts. Many refuse the call to repent never to be called upon again even though they may try to live an exemplary life. We look upon the outside of a person while God looks upon the inside.
Proverbs 1:27
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
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For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: