Religious Question/Opinion

[eTiMaGo]

Or, maybe this is naive, I'm no psychologist, but you could try to go to the root of the problem.. why did she turn to this so-called religion? You mentioned because she was afraid she would not get to Heaven otherwise. Why is that? Why this fear?

As for her excuse of the "traditions", unless those are explicitly allowed in the bible, then she is deviating from the written word there, and thus won't get to Heaven! I mean if you want to do something all the way, do it all the way, don't make excuses...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

Or, maybe this is naive, I'm no psychologist, but you could try to go to the root of the problem.. why did she turn to this so-called religion? You mentioned because she was afraid she would not get to Heaven otherwise. Why is that? Why this fear?

As for her excuse of the "traditions", unless those are explicitly allowed in the bible, then she is deviating from the written word there, and thus won't get to Heaven! I mean if you want to do something all the way, do it all the way, don't make excuses...

It says it's "custom" (for the women to not speak in church and should cover their heads example). So she says that's "tradition".

She's basing her fears on the SDA beliefs. So I don't think I have a way around that. She keeps saying, "You know, the road to heaven is a hard and narrow one."

So I was so frustrated last night that I blurted out, "For you, that's what you believe, but I have a different belief." From here, I asked her, "So, do you think my dad and your grandmother are in hell because I don't think they followed everything in the Bible, but they were good people and believed in God." Her answer was, "I don't know, only God can judge us." I then said, "Exactly, only God can say where we go." She then said, "That's why you try hard to please God, and to do so, you listen to his words, which is the Bible."