On the way to the beach this week, I noticed several billboard signs as well as hand painted signs with messages like this. "REPENT OR BURN IN HELL" These signs can be seen scattered throughout the Bible belt states from time to time as one drives across the south. I am not a big believer in this type of "in your face" religion. But after seeing all the signs (pun intended), I wonder if...they make a difference?
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I feel I have to respond. If they do make a difference I think it is entirely negative. Our church is filled with what are called "Recovering (fill in fundamentalist denomination here)." They are usually recovering from just this kind of message. To my way of thinking, if someone has to be scared into religion, it's not much of a religion. Thankfully, most Christian churches (conservative, liberal, and all in between) no longer engage in the kind of fear-based "motivation" you are seeing down there in the great state of Alabama.
Don't take offense my friend from Alabama. I have seen these in my birthstate of Arkansas and my home state of Tennessee.
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