If god is just, why doesn't the punishment fit the crime? Infinite punishment (eternal suffering in hell) for finite sins (limited time on earth) is not a fair punishment.
2006-07-04 08:56:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Personally I think your whole idea of God is incorrect. First, either there is a Heaven and Hell or their isn't. Rocket Science right??? :-) Ok, regardless...
1) There is a Heaven and Hell. You mean to tell me the billion people that follow other religions are not going to make it? What about those people who weren't allowed to believe? Those that never HEARD of the Bible? They going to Hell? Those that died at age 2 or younger, they don't know what God is. Therefore they never believed, so you are saying that they don't make it either? Not fair!
2) There isn't a Heven or Hell. Why break a commandment and lie about it in the Bible? So was religion only created as a pretend reward and punishment system to get people to do right? What do you get out of this living right and doing right? It appears nothing if you are someone that needs to see a reward for doing right. Again, not fair!
Furthermore, why are some people born with a condition that does not give them a chance to live past age 5? Age 1? Having a major deformity? Mentally retarded? Being Blind/Deaf or both? Why does it seem some people are the luckiest people in the world? Why are some people beautiful and others ugly? Why are only 5 people rescued from a disaster that killed thousands? Why wasn't one my child that was? I would like to know how God is fair.
2006-07-04 11:25:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD is just.
Because we are children and do not understand why our father would do certain things, does not make the things bad, nor unjust.
My favorite story to illustrate this point, is the three year old out playing in the yard, and comes upon a creature, she begins to follow it and watch it. All of a sudden out of the blue a shovel comes down and cuts off the head of her new friend. She is mortified and looks up to see who would do such a cruel thing. She sees that it is her father, and she believes that he is the cruelest person she has ever known.
Years later, she will come to the understanding, that her new friend was a poisonous snake, and was poised to bite her and kill her at the very moment that her father saved her life.
We are GODs children and we do not yet understand, but GOD does and we as children will just have to wait until we can understand.
Another thing to understand, is that GOD gave us soals, these soals will live forever, even outside of our fleshly bodies.
What GOD is doing is giving us a finite time to decide where we want to spend eternity, Heaven or Hell, we have free will and we are able to choose.
2006-07-04 09:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god never punish sb eternal eccept for committin suiside
what i know accordin to my religion that evb suffer in hell for a limited time according to his sin then God get him outta hell and put him in heaven as he finished his punishment
its some kinda like a prison
with the ecception of commitin suiside
its unforgivenable
as it means that u never believe that u have another chance on the earth and dont believe in Him and His murcy
thats why this is unforgivenable
anything else means eternal heaven even after going to hell for a while
2006-07-04 09:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by ☆♥angel♥☆ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got things a bit mixed up.
We are created as eternal beings with free will.
The rules are clear.
Our short, human existence provides the time we need to decide how we want to spend eternity.
If we decide to spend it with God, all we need to do is demonstrate our acceptance of his ways by living a Christian life.
If we don't want to spend eternity with God, our default choice is to stay with Satan, the same supernatural entity who swindled and enslaved our first parents.
In either case, we get to share the existence and lifestyle of our chosen leader for all eternity.
The pain and suffering associated with hell is likely the result of many of us having an eternity to understand how really stupid we were, then realizing that it's too late to do anything more about it.
2006-07-04 09:58:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dictated punishment sound severe until you look at it from the perspective of God. "I made you. I told you no. You turned your back on me and did it anyway. I will turn my bak on you."
Now then, to be truly Just the punishment must be fullfilled so God takes a part of God's self and meetes out the punishment and forgices the rest of us. that is as gracefull and merciful as I can imangine.
2006-07-04 09:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by mike g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the punishment is eternal!!!!
not the suffering
u will not burn in hell forever, hell will be destroyed also Whit all
in it after the final judgment, like this whole universe and everything
El's that's not in the eternal dimension where god resides with those who chose him,
like u said god its just he will not allow endless suffering,
man dont have eternal souls, only those who are reborn
enter imortality, soo anyway god is not gona make sombody
imortall jsut to inflict sufering on him endesly, in hell
http://www.echoesofenoch.com/paralleldimensions.htm
2006-07-04 09:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by NeO Anderson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the universe is just in that it always seems to work itself out, but it depends on what one thinks justice is. I do agree with the last part though, I don't think eternal suffering is fair, it doesn't teach us anything but fear and those who rule through fear are known as dictators or terrorist. Do you see "God" as a terrorist or a teacher? You decide.
2006-07-04 09:08:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sin isn't just theft, or lying, or whatever. The sin is in not acknowledging who God is, who Jesus is, and what was done for you. Man by nature is sinful, and continues to sin even after forgiven. Fortunately for us, God does not revoke His forgiveness!
The truth is, we get much better than we deserve. No matter what we do, He loves us and once we confess our sins to Him and ask for that forgiveness, we are destined for heaven.
So you're right - it's not fair. It's very much in our favor!
2006-07-04 09:02:21 · answer #8 · answered by sfcgijill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-01 05:00:27 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plus infinite punishment for any crime - big or small. No sense of degree. Strange, isn't it?
2006-07-04 08:59:58 · answer #10 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋