Why do Christians believe you go to hell if you don't accept Jesus?

I wish your question was more specific, and had less unsupported premises and strawman. I guess for now, my answer would be I don't really know.

What we BOTH know is that Matthew 24:34 states that Jesus said: "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place" and that Jesus was wrong with that statement. Not all the "things" mentioned took place before the generation passed away.

Jesus Christ never existed.

The story is a mythological tale . . . and it is not even an original one.

They copied bits and pieces from previous Greek and Egyptian scriptures to create the story of Jesus of Nazareth.

Stories about Horus, Dionysis, Osiris and Hercules were all used to create the fictional account of Jesus.

Everything is fake and everything is copied: the virgin birth, the three wise men, the twelve disciples, the miracles, the crucifixion, resurrection etc etc

The time and place the Jesus supposedly lived: Palestine, 2000 years ago, was a well documented time and place. They had books, newspapers and magazines.

Many authors and scholars of that time existed and wrote books and articles about a wide variety of topics. Those writings have been uncovered and analyzed. Not one mention of a man named Jesus Christ exists. Not one book, not one article, not one paragraph, not one sentence.

The Shroud of Turin was proved to be a fake from the twelfth century.

You can continue to live in a fantasy world and keep this imaginary friend. Or you can become an intellectually superior human being who follows a life that focuses on science, evolution, biology, archeology and . . . the truth.

Rather than ridiculous, archaic, mythological, copied fairy tales.

Already covered that, but you refuse to acknowledge the facts here. As to specifics, look up the ways they were all executed (martyred) for their faith.

It's simple, really-- think of Jesus as a role model-- accept to be LIKE Him-- e.g., not sinning-- and well look at that you're going to Heaven! Really, all you need to do is not sin (hard thing to do for humans, naturally) and when you do, be sorry, TRULY sorry I mean.

Accepting Jesus is accepting your flaws and that He can and will help you. He's with you right now even when you hate Him.

By the way, if someone is not aware of the mere concept of Christianity and leads a morally good life because, well, this is the only one we have-- they'll go to Heaven, too. God is forgiving and 'The majority of earth's population... is going to Hell' is kind of a 'now' statement. What if they repent? It's SUCH a simple solution-- be sorry and be forgiven. Don't see the problem here.

Hell probably doesn't seem that scary now because you've never experienced it.

Also, not the place to talk about it.

Definition of murder I use: mere feeling of hate in the body/brain.

Of adultery: mere sexual objectification and/or fantasy in the body/brain

Only God can ‘murder’ anyone on this earth. Only God can get away with anything and everything because he founded the same! Get it? God can neither be called moral or immoral but yet he can deem moral and immoral. I know it sounds oxymoronic but it ain’t!!

There is nothing problematic. Christians are very clear that the Jews are all going to hell come judgement day except a few hundred thousands who accepted Jesus as God in advanced! Donald trump is a Jew but he is also Christian and so he is going to heaven if he has repented of his sins.

the Jews are not happy that Jesus a Jew is supposed to be God the father God the son and God the Holy Spirit. They hate Jesus and couldn’t believe he could be God. They are now still waiting for their ‘God’ to reveal himself and this God will soon be the Antichrist and he shall be Jew!!

the Jews want to dominate the earth because they believe they are God’s special and privileged people. But God didn’t allow them to do that and instead made them suffer with countless wars in middle east till this day. The Jews had no place to call home up till 1948 and that’s because of Gods punishment on them.

First, we don't really know what happened to the apostles regarding this because we never got to hear the executioners' side of the story.

Secondly, even if the apostles did confess that Jesus was a human... under the conditions of that particular persecution.... that confession wasn't going to get them exonerated. They weren't going to be set free.

Finally, The most likely scenario is that these guys were advocates of a movement within Judaism that they truly believed in. Jesus "rise from the dead was symbolic to represent the fact that in their minds the movement lived on beyond Jesus' life.

Again, if you want to believe all the resurrection is true, all the sightings post resurrections are true, and that the apostles all were killed because they wouldn't renounce that Jesus rose from the dead... These explanations certainly won't suffice in changing your opinion.

But as others have been saying... If Jesus had truly risen from the dead after making the promises he made... He surely would returned by now. At your age (assuming your user name reflects it)... you have another 30-35 years in you... Rest assured... when it comes time for you to go... this conversation will still be happening among younger generations... with apologists and skeptics using these same arguments.

Religions are cults for the weak-minded.

God has rules. Ok. He is a loving and forgiving God. He sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins. Men are all sinners (including preachers and priests), but you can be forgiven of your sins bt repenting. My life is so much better for having Jesus in it. It won't always be easy, but it's worth it. Give Him a try. It's free and you can leave whenever you want. ALL people are welcome to come and see.

I believe it is you who have refuse to accept facts. I believe you know it too. Again, the facts that you refuse to believe are the following:

1. Matthew 24:34 recites: "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place."

2. One of the "things" referred to is "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven." Matthew 24:30.

3. "The Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven" has NOT taken place or happened to this very date (12/22/24).

4. Therefore, that "thing" did NOT take place before the "generation" in Mathew 24:34 passed away. That simply did not happen as predicted by Jesus ("Truly I say to you . . .").

5. Jesus was WRONG in Matthew 24:34, and I think you know it.

You understand why someone wouldn’t believe in a deity?

If the Bible is a true story, why is the Old Testament the complete opposite of the New Testament ? They cannot be true both.

It's mythology mixed with a strict moral code, tailor-made to control a strong Roman empire.

The Hebrews had long lists of do-this, don't-do-that rules. Eat this animal, don't eat that one, and especially not on the Sabbath.

The Greeks had moral fables, but not a set of strict behavioral rules.

The mix seemed to come up with a long moral fable about a god man, and many of the old rules still valid. The people are interested in the moral fables, and the rulers are interested in the rules.

Why is this topic in the sprints category?

We believe it because its true. Why would you care so much about whether or not you get into a place you don't believe exists?

Maybe you do. I guess we’ll all find out eventually. Some sooner than later.

Jesus walked out to his disciples vote and did not sink.

From a natural explanation, he must have been traveling awfully fast - sprinting over the waves.