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A woman grows up in a happy household with fairly well-to-do parents. She was very popular as a girl in school partly because she was blessed with good looks, and parents who could afford trendy clothes for her.
During this woman's teenage and adult years, she had sex many times with many different partners. She also engaged in lesbian behavior to impress males.
As a young adult, she skips going to college, and supports herself by working as an exotic dancer. She makes a lot of money, partly because she doesn't report all her earnings. She parties all the time, engages in alcohol and recreational drug use, including molly, cocaine and marijuana.
This woman has lots of extra cash, lots of friends, and starts engaging orgies, and truly enjoys it. She's not doing it too "cool", she actually enjoys having sex with both men and women, sometimes at the same time. During this time, she meets a handsome, famous and rich man who is also into this lifestyle. They continue for a few years as a couple living this lifestyle, until they get to their late thirties.
Getting along in years, and having had their full of sex, drugs and partying, they decide to get married. The rich man throws his bride a beautiful, fairy-tale wedding. They have a spectacular honeymoon, enjoy some time as a couple, and eventually have a baby.
During this time, they meet some religious (rich) people who eventually lead them to their fancy megachurch. The couple fall in love with the atmosphere of the church, and eventually become Christians. They repent of their sins, and take being Christians seriously. This couple gives money to charity, and try to share their faith. They aren't hypocrites, and don't judge people who have lived a "sinful" lifestyle.
This couple watches their beautiful children grow up to have beautiful children of their own. They eventually grow old together, die and go to heaven.
Question: isn't this the best possible scenario? To live however you want, and still get to go to heaven? And in case you're wondering, no, I'm not entirely making this scenario up. I have a sister-in-law who lived a similar lifestyle: both of her parents made a lot of money, she was a stripper with a boyfriend that was a good-looking club promoter (whom she married). They actually did many different drugs, and had threesomes, and had a child. She's now very religious.
But I don't want to stray from the point. My question is, isn't this a dream scenario for Christians? Isn't this the Holy Grail of being a Christian? By the way, Beyonce, who had a great childhood by her own account, and seems to have a fantastic life (as well as some degree of premarital sex with her current husband), is also very religious; so this isn't too far-fetched, if my sister-in-law isn't enough to convince you.
During this woman's teenage and adult years, she had sex many times with many different partners. She also engaged in lesbian behavior to impress males.
As a young adult, she skips going to college, and supports herself by working as an exotic dancer. She makes a lot of money, partly because she doesn't report all her earnings. She parties all the time, engages in alcohol and recreational drug use, including molly, cocaine and marijuana.
This woman has lots of extra cash, lots of friends, and starts engaging orgies, and truly enjoys it. She's not doing it too "cool", she actually enjoys having sex with both men and women, sometimes at the same time. During this time, she meets a handsome, famous and rich man who is also into this lifestyle. They continue for a few years as a couple living this lifestyle, until they get to their late thirties.
Getting along in years, and having had their full of sex, drugs and partying, they decide to get married. The rich man throws his bride a beautiful, fairy-tale wedding. They have a spectacular honeymoon, enjoy some time as a couple, and eventually have a baby.
During this time, they meet some religious (rich) people who eventually lead them to their fancy megachurch. The couple fall in love with the atmosphere of the church, and eventually become Christians. They repent of their sins, and take being Christians seriously. This couple gives money to charity, and try to share their faith. They aren't hypocrites, and don't judge people who have lived a "sinful" lifestyle.
This couple watches their beautiful children grow up to have beautiful children of their own. They eventually grow old together, die and go to heaven.
Question: isn't this the best possible scenario? To live however you want, and still get to go to heaven? And in case you're wondering, no, I'm not entirely making this scenario up. I have a sister-in-law who lived a similar lifestyle: both of her parents made a lot of money, she was a stripper with a boyfriend that was a good-looking club promoter (whom she married). They actually did many different drugs, and had threesomes, and had a child. She's now very religious.
But I don't want to stray from the point. My question is, isn't this a dream scenario for Christians? Isn't this the Holy Grail of being a Christian? By the way, Beyonce, who had a great childhood by her own account, and seems to have a fantastic life (as well as some degree of premarital sex with her current husband), is also very religious; so this isn't too far-fetched, if my sister-in-law isn't enough to convince you.