# Hi, I would like to tell you about Jesus Christ, the only way to God **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 8, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429 "2017-06-08T13:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/81 "2017-06-09T01:20:37Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Who is this Jesus guy? Why haven’t I ever heard about him before? Does he have a blog or something? Well, there goes our plausible deniability… [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a4/39/a3/a439a31c538cb32bf82effdf32450849.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a4/39/a3/a439a31c538cb32bf82effdf32450849.jpg) Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/82 "2017-06-09T01:40:49Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I don’t know why you’re surprised - given the utterly unreceptive audience they found here, it wouldn’t surprise me if they came back to the thread, read three comments, and then crossed themselves and fled never to return. > > That sort of thing has happened to me in real life a couple of times; why think it wouldn’t happen here? 1. What gave you the idea I was surprised? That was the “dubious” emoticon. 2. Catholic evangelicals don’t use the language she used (I work for a Catholic seminary), so I’m guessing she didn’t cross herself. 3. This board is not fertile missionary territory. To quote Inspector Lewis, “We had a couple of missionaries come to town once.” James Hathaway: “What happened to them?” Lewis: “I think they went in the pot.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/83 "2017-06-09T01:47:09Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I don’t know why you’re surprised - given the utterly unreceptive audience they found here, it wouldn’t surprise me if they came back to the thread, read three comments, and then crossed themselves and fled never to return. > > That sort of thing has happened to me in real life a couple of times; why think it wouldn’t happen here? Is this why she posted once and ran at all the other boards she did this same thing to? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/84 "2017-06-09T01:56:48Z")
“I’ll just post this everywhere I know and pray”? Then considering that having fulfilled her mission to witness to the lost? But likely just spam, to be followed by more spam. A little toast, more spam, eggs, spam, spam, spam and spam. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/85 "2017-06-09T04:39:12Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > To be fair, the OP explicitly said they were troubled about people going to hell. Helping people eat or live happy lives doesn’t keep them from going to hell; the only way to stop them from going to hell is to preach at them. I mean, preach really hard, to get past all that demon-worshiping they’re clearly doing. Helping at a soup kitchen doesn’t scratch that itch. > > Fire-and-forgetting some copy-pasted message apparently does - and by never returning they can imagine that the thread is full of everyone suddenly seeing the light and praising the lord and thanking the OP for extending the hand of salvation. I mean, in all seriousness, that must be what they expect to happen - otherwise why post it? I’m sorry. But if you really believe people are facing an eternity in torment, shouldn’t you put at least as much work into saving them as you would put into doing a single load of laundry? I’ve put more effort into mowing my lawn than this woman was willing to put into saving the souls of hundreds of people. Imagine the conversation she’s going to have with Jesus some day: “What? I got crucified! And you couldn’t even be bothered to post a follow-up response?” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/86 "2017-06-09T05:07:24Z")
If God is real, then he created everything. If he created everything, then he created the internet. If he created the internet, then he reads this forum. If he reads this forum, then shit, you think he’s sending the eternity shuttle for ya non-belivers when St. Peter calls? Perfect logic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/87 "2017-06-09T18:03:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Who is this Jesus guy? Why haven’t I ever heard about him before? Does he have a blog or something? He released a great single _Right Here, Right Now_ in the early 1990s, but he hasn’t done much since. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooXN8mFLM74) ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429/88 "2017-06-09T18:29:43Z")
I gave it a shot - 1 full day and the OP has not returned nor does it appear they will. I’m closing this pending a request by the OP. [/moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429.md?page=4)