AN: Thank you so much to: Audwin (I think you are very right. Other races that are being persecuted and have problems with prejudice need to be recognized, too. Any form of prejudiceness is unfair. I'll try to include that, sorry. Anyway, the comparison between TV/computer and African-American people? Yeah, now that I think about it, that's a little weird, isn't it? Lol thanks for letting me know) silentescape (Yeah, racial diversity or prejudiceness is something I feel really strongly about. Motivated by DC Talk the Christian rock band... if you've heard of them. That's sort of what I have been planning to do, spreading my thoughts and feelings and persuading people to feel the same way, but at teh same time I enjoy venting the way I feel into poems, it makes me feel a lot better in teh end. Thanks!) supergrl126 (Did I get your penname right? Sorry if I didn't... That's exactly teh way I feel about racism. Thanks for teh review!) TheBritishBangaliGirl (You're right, nobody deserves to be treated that way. Thats mostly the reason why I write about racism and prejudiceness... I am very against it. Anyway, you know what? Ignore the people on your mom's side of the family. They obviously have some wrong ideas. See, my sister has this junky car that I secretly know she hates. But she pretends to like it, and she treats it like it's totally cool to have this piece of junk car. So everybody else thinks it's cool, because she thinks it's cool. Now, if she despised her car everybody would think it was totally dorky and it would draw even more attention to it. Where I'm going is, you should just pretend that you think it's awesome--even if you don't really think so--that you're part East-Indian. Then people will most likely think it's pretty cool too. My friend that I mentioned, well, now she acts like beign black is awesome. Which, in my opinion, is. And everybody who knows her personality knows she's at ease with her color and even appreciates it... and that makes people appreciate it too. Do you see what I mean? By teh way, I think it's cool to be part something cool like that. I'm just German and Swedish, which I suppose is pretty cool but... anyway. Thanks for the review! I'd better be quiet now!) God Bless, everybody!

What’s the Point

Some people ask ‘what’s the point’

Of Hell if God is caring

What kind of loving God

Would create something so daring

A place where you burn for sin

And repent to no avail

A place that our God made

To send those that fail

To see God for what He is

The maker of this earth

But he’s also made the heavens

A place that’s filled with mirth

We’ve created our own Hell

What with all our sin

If only we will open our ears

And for once just listen…

We’d hear that God is begging us

To come on back to him

And once that we begin to see

Our lights won’t be so dim

Because then we won’t have to worry

About all bad… and Hell

For if you don’t recall He told us

That Satan already fell!

AN: That seems a little unfinished… but I think I’ve already made my point. If it wasn’t clear, I’ll tell you without rhyming. Human logic automatically thinks that God is not a loving God because what kind of caring God would make a Hell? If He wishes His best on His people, why did He create a Hell at all? Well, if it weren’t for sin, there would be no Hell. And what are we? Sinners. Don’t we belong in Hell? Let’s see, according to God’s Commandments, we are. You can walk up to anybody and ask: Have you ever lied? Of course they have. Have you ever stolen? If that includes my enemy’s eraser back in elementary school… yes, that counts, too. Most everybody has stolen something, and if not, be prepared for the next question- Have you ever disobeyed your father or mother? Duh. I think everybody has. Have you ever said God’s name in vain? Ooooh… that’s one of those that people can deny. Well, of course, the fancy name for that is called blaspheme. Lol. Anyway, then there’s that verse (I don’t know the chapter and verse, or actually the book, but I know it’s there. I’ll find it later…) that says if you have hatred for someone, that’s considered murder. So, technically, give or take one or two, we’re all lying, thieving, and blaspheming murderers.

Anyway, my point with all of that is that we all are sinners. Every human has sinned. And we think that’s going to go unpunished? Oh, there’s a punishment all right… Hell. But God has made a way for us to get out of this hole we’ve dug for ourselves. I call it mercy, or grace. Both of them work. Our God loves us so much that He would give us a way to get out of our punishment.

Like a judge in court. No judge would ever let you off the hook. After all, we’re lying, thieving, and blaspheming murderers, right? We’d never get away with that. But, God is a merciful, loving God.

So after He provided a way for us to get out of our sentence to Hell (with the judge and court analogy, Hell would be prison, I guess) and created a wonderful heaven, we have the guts to say that He’s not a loving God and refuse to even accept and believe the fact that He went through this ultimate suffering… all for us. I won’t even get into the whole dying on the cross thing… because I’m probably boring you all to death.

Man, when I get going, I really get going. Sorry about that. I probably lost you clear back in my second paragraph, huh? My little note again turned into an essay and a long explanation. God Bless, Sarah.