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I had a whole long page written regarding the subject of hell, and how it is foolish not ever speak of it, for fear of "scaring" people into choosing God, but I have decided to simplify and try this again.

First, as Christians we should follow Jesus' example. As it was he who spoke of hell more than anyone else in the whole Bible, giving often the most lurid examples, I see no sound reason not to do likewise.

Second, while we must not speak only of punishment, it is the epitome of foolishness not to warn a person of the dire consequences to their actions. Just as we must warn a driver about to drive to their death over a broken bridge, so must we warn those who do not believe and face a much, much worse fate. As Jesus said, And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

We who believe can not live in fear of speaking the truth, else the blood of those we do not warn lay upon our own heads. As hard as it is to say, even to hear, we must, in certain aspects, be intolerant in our speech, hard and unbending. If we are to follow God, we must obey what he told us, regardless of whether we find it appealing or not, for no other reason than we must follow what is true. I might very well like to think that two plus two is three or five because everyone else seems to think so, but it will always be four, and we are fools who know it and do nothing to correct others of their error, even to the point of anger against ourselves. We must follow what we know to be true, else we be cowards and liars.
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