Gradual Secularization of Humanity

[Ecurb Noselrub]

If you look at a woman in lust, you have committed adultery, and if you don't live up to the talents God has given you, He will throw you into hell.

Then you are going to hell. What do you think it will be like?  Just askin'.

How could I go to hell? I've put my faith in Jesus Christ. You don't even know what that means, do you?

Maybe you misunderstood my point. I'm a Christian, and also believe in Jesus.  But you stated that "if you don't live up to the talents God has given you, He will throw you into hell."  So according to your argument, even though you have put your faith in Jesus Christ, you can still be thrown into hell.  Nobody lives up to their talents - nobody.  We all end up leaving something on the table, if for no other reason out of pure laziness or lack of motivation.  I could play the mandolin a little better, speak Spanish a little better, have another college degree, made a little more money, etc., if I had just tried a little harder here and there over the years.  I have no completely lived up to the talents I have, and neither have you.  So, by your own standard, you are going to hell, and so am I, because we do not live up to our talents.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Is there a difference between putting fatih in Jesus and having the faith of Jesus?

Yes, IMO. I don't think any believer has the faith of Jesus - if one has that kind of faith one would be doing much, much greater things - things that really benefited others like healing the sick like Jesus did.  Putting one's faith in Jesus is like putting one's faith in another person such as a spouse or a friend - it's just that the object of the faith is different.  We have all experienced putting our faith in someone else to some degree.