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I don't think that all churches are equally right for all people.  But God loves us all and is always there for us all, whether we go to church or not.  Church is simply an organized worship of God.  It is quite possible to believe in God without attending church though.  Finding the right fit in a church is key and that sometimes takes time.  Especially for a person who is not used to going to church :).  [/quote]

Obviously  all churches are not right for all people just as all music, etc is not right for all people. -- they are human-made things and are based on personal preferences.

But pp cannot  speak for God about what God is like - God decides that and has given us lots of information in the book he left for us-- The Bible.  Granted, the bible is very old and has been translated many times and interpreted differently over the centuries, and has some weird stuff in it that seems cruel and/or terribly outdated, but it is what God has given to us to us humans.

For us to say things about God that he has not said about himself is simply making up a god an individual feels comfortable with.  No human is in the position of defining god - only god can do that.  God has made it very clear that he punished people who don't believe in him.   It may be hard to accept that the pleasant, generous, thoughtful atheist you work with won't go to heaven, but that's the way it is.

So make up a god if you want, but that god is not going to get you to Christian heaven -- only christians who accept Jesus as the son of god and as their savior will go to heaven - that is perfectly clear.[/quote]

God punishes people who don't believe in him.  And specifically he punishes people who willfully turn their back in him.  I accept Jesus as the son of God and I know that Jesus died for US - not just the people who go to the Holy Church of the Bestest Believers in the World.

Basically, if you make it a point to live by the 10 commandments you should be good.  We are not all, and God does not expect us all, to be religious scholars.  He expects us to do the best we can but is well aware that that will mean different things for each one of us.
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