[freebilly]

Waiting for a saviour who will never return is like watching the water recede before one's very eyes and hoping that you will discover sunken treasure on the wet sand in front of you.

Pointless, dangerous, futile, stupid and sad.

1. Anyone who's had an experience of Christ will tell you they've discovered sunken treasure on the wet sand in front of them already.

2. Pointless, dangerous, futile, stupid and sad for whom? For me? I appreciate your concern, but I'm not all that dangerous. Stupid? Certainly! Sad? Actually, I'm amazingly happy, but thanks for being sad for me. It's nice to know that someone, other than Christ and my wife, children, and grandchildren is concerned for my welfare....

[Quinotto]

You are not pointless, neither are you dangerous, futile, stupid and sad. RedSeaSwimmer, with a join date of December 31, sounds just like an ACLU member, worried you are going to preach to her/him online. Alas, we can do better by praying for her/him.

Another pointless, dangerous, futile, stupid and sad Christian.

[pcgTheDestroyer]

1. Anyone who's had an experience of Christ will tell you they've discovered sunken treasure on the wet sand in front of them already.

Carrying the analogy further, all of humankind is watching the water recede. Christians have simply been shown WHERE to watch on the beach AND they followed the seemingly "stupid" instructions. Lo and behold! There's the treasure sitting there for the taking.

2. Pointless, dangerous, futile, stupid and sad for whom? For me? I appreciate your concern, but I'm not all that dangerous. Stupid? Certainly! Sad? Actually, I'm amazingly happy...

You forgot to address "pointless". :-) The ultimate fact is that we will see the final "point" in Christianity when each of us dies. However, God gives us bread crumbs (manna, if you will) of hope along the way, and I think the rest of your post demonstrates that. :-)