"nce again Andrew, Reading and learning is not complete learning process. Do you understand(not just face value) , can you implement it in your daily life today, is it logical and practical ? I just feel that you guys(who are defending themselves) are just following the herd(which is fine too). In christianity people who don't believe goto hell period. I refuse to believe that... there are plenty of descent human being of all kinds of religion and race. Another example- Moses is a mass murderer. When he came back from Mt Sainai he threw the tabenacles and all the non beievers perished. In other words he was responsible for all those people's death(as if those who don't believe have no right to live). If we hold Moses to thou shalt notkill commandment ...he will be serving life sentence for mass murder." yes I understand the BIble, yes it applies to my daily life, yes it is logical and practical. And yes I happen to believe if you do not believe in the Lord jesus Christ and follow Him and are forgiven of your sins you will go to Hell. Whts the difference when hindus believe if you do bad things in your life and dont read the holy books and do pujas you will have bad karma and end up a slug in your future life and will never escape reincarnation? These are beliefs, if you dont agree then its your choice. Everyone has a right to believe anything. As for Moses being a mass murderer? no he was a murderer but not mass...he murdered an Egyptian for beating Isrealites up when they were slaves and he hid the body. Then he fled from egypt because he was afraid of being killed by them. God forgives sins. Now Mt saini? Well God is God and He wants people to follow only Him and no one else, he wants them to follow His rules strictly. When Moses went to talk to God in the mountain when he came back down many of the Israelites were worshipping a golden calf and participating in pegan ritual worship. According to that time and culture this included various perverse sexual acts. God was very angery that after all He did (bringing them out of egypt and showing his supernatural miraclous power to them that He is God). So he told Moses He was going to kill every single one of them but Moses pleaded with God to spare them. God said it will be okay. Moses went down and stood at the Mount after rbeaking the tablets. Then he drew a line on the ground and said "WHO IS ON THE LORD'S SIDE!!!! COME STAND BY ME!!" Then a lot of smart people came and stood on his side. Mainly levites from the tribe of Levi. he told them to take their swords and kill everyone who does not follow God. So they went around and EXECUTED not murdered over 3,000 people because the peopel were too stubborn and foolish to follow God. God did not want impure people corrutping everyone. The only peopel who died were the ones who were too stupid to stop their pegan worship. The ones who stopped worshipping the golen calf were obvious spared. Dont try to twist scriptures and take them out of context.