Even if that person is a sinner, God loves that person. Doesn't it seem more loving to give that person another chance to live a virtuous life rather then send 'em to hell? The Christian God to me seems kindof sadistic if he sends people he loves to eternal damnnation...
Jews don't beleive in hell, and yes, if we could put him on the right path, I would give Hitler another chance.
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The Christian faith makes no sense because it is based on a book that was written by many authors, during many different times, in many different cultures and translated and edited over and over again. There are so many impossibilities in the bible that more and more people are becoming atheists. I know that God exists but I am equally sure Christianity is completely incorrect especially about eternal damnation. We originated with God and we will all eventually return to God only the path is determined by our free will.
Camellia
There is not a burning hell, this is not based on the Bible. The punishment for willful practice of sin is everlasting cutting off (destruction), not eternal torment. Fire in the scriptures is meaning everlasting destruction in most cases,not in every one though. By concentrating on what is being said, and the context, you will see what it means, and it has never meant a place of everlasting torment . Also if someone is dead, how could they feel burning? the parable that Jesus gave of the rich man and Lazarus is not literal, it is about a situation, read this carefully and think about this, how could it be literal? It it a parable. Clergymen like to use this one to say that God burns people eternally. Jesus spoke of " Gehenna", as a symbol of everlasting, final destruction; (death).Matthew 5:29,30 The Valley of Hinnom outside of the walls of ancient Jerusalem was a disposal place where dead bodies of animals and dead bodies of criminals would be disposed of,(they were not alive when they were put there), everything that went there was completely burned up, gone. The name of Gehenna was taken from the word Hinnom, (the garbage dump), to mean total doing away with, rather than everlasting torture. 2 Peter 3:9 thru 13, look at the context of where it says fire. It is destruction of ungodly people at Armageddon, not eternal torment. God does love and care about humans, he wants them to gain salvation, but most don't want his help. He gives everyone enough time, but most waste this time and continue practicing sin, while blaming God for the consequences. John 5:28,29 explains that the earthly resurrection will give many who have died without enough time to learn about him, an opportunity to gain everlasting life.The words hell, hades, and sheol, are all meaning the grave where they are not conscious of anything until the resurrection.Many have died throughout time, they are in God's memory and will have another chance at life. Those that stay obstinate all the way to the final end of this world, ungodly human society,not the earth itself), proving that they don't want forgiveness, will die then without being included in the resurrection, (everlasting death), not torment. There is no injustice with God. He is patient, rather than being sadistic, gives each person plenty of time to prove if they want his help and protection, or not. Each person makes this decision themselves.Jehovah God would not be part of injustice by allowing wicked conditions to go on forever, there is a time limit, Acts 17:30,31. Getting to know what the Bible really teaches is the way to find out the truth about who God is, he isn't cruel or unforgiving, and he doesn't burn anyone eternally.
hrgirl1701
In the first place, there is no burning for all eternity. That is a Roman Catholic belief, and you won't find it in actual scripture except in reference to Satan, and even then the term 'forever and ever' in the original text is translated 'for an age of time'. So no, the penalty for sin is death. That is stated clearly over and over again. Death is not eternal torture.
He does give people chances. That's what this life is for! How many chances do you need? You have this life to NOT murder, to NOT rape, to NOT steal and to NOT be an evil person.
You want to give HITLER another chance?
That's not loving. That's crazy.
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you may think of a miles extra sensible and extra efficient determination to intimidation strategies may well be basically God revealing Himself. i'm speaking approximately open, observable, verifiable data, basically as we can be conscious that the sky looks blue. *sniffs* something smells fishy here. EDIT: r_u_really_that_scared - the foremost be conscious it extremely is "have self assurance". Doubters are not, Biblically speaking, punished for rejecting something, they're punished for no longer believing (2 various issues). you could no longer come to a call no count if to settle for or reject something while you're uncertain, or are unaware, of its existence. additionally, the concept anybody might forgo a perfect paradise for an eternity of excruciating torture is ludicrous. If it grew to become into extremely so easy as accepting or rejecting, each and every person might, for sure, settle for. yet no, that's not that straightforward.
bananas101@sbcglobal.net
he doesn't that is a false teaching of some churches but is not found in the bible. the Gehenna of the bible that some translate to mean hell is really a symbolic way of saying that wicked ones will be destroyed...they will cease to exist. (Gehenna of the bible was a place outside of the city walls that was kept burning and people would burn their trash there, or put criminals to be cremated AFTER THEY WERE KILLED. if fact this scripture shows that such a horrible practice was something that never was even conceived of by God-Jeremiah 7:31