Serious question. I believe Jesus loved us so much, He came down to earth, lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to take the punishment for OUR sins so we wouldn't have to and that we could be saved through Him.
But my question is: if He loved us so much, why is the BELIEF part so important? If He was willing to come and DIE for us, why would He then say 'I died to save you, but if you don't believe Me than I'm sorry but your gonna be punished FOREVER'?!
I don't know whether hell is 'eternal' or not but it seems to be the commonly-shared belief. I am a very loving person and couldn't imagine punishing someone forever, not even my worst enemy.
Jesus is surely even more loving than me, so why would He condemn someone forever just for the crime of not believing??!
It doesn't make sense to me. In theory you could have a really loving person who doesn't believe going to hell, and then someone like say Hitler repenting on his death bed and going to heaven.
???
2006-12-19
22:21:27
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Buck Flair
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