I grew up going to church but I’m not religious now and I never really understood this part.
Please, no answers along the lines of “aha, that’s why Christianity is a sham” or “religions aren’t logical”. I don’t want to debate whether it’s right or wrong, I just want to understand the logic and reasoning that Christians use to explain this.
God will only forgive you if you repent. You can’t be a dick all your existence, say “Please forgive me at the end” without truly beliving it and that’s it.
but if you do truly repent then you can be a dick all your life and still get to heaven.
But if you are truly repentant, you can’t be a dick all your life. Those two things can’t exist in the same space for long.
Why not?
You can be a dick to the gays and trans people, you can be a dick to the muslims and the athiests, you can even be a dick to the christians of other denominations. In fact you are commanded to be a dick to all of those people because you are commanded to preach to them and try and convert them.