Quote Originally Posted by onebadgt
i should have said if you do not serve and there is a god then you will be burning in hell for eternity. its not being used as a scare tactic at all
I LOL'd

anything with a negative ultimatum is a scare tactic.

if you don't worship you could burn in hell.
"shit, better go praise God, I don't want to risk burning"

you still wouldn't make it to heaven if it exists because that is a selfish reason to worship, to save your own ass. I'm pretty sure the Bible teaches against selfishness.