punish the sinner? It would make more sense for him to remove the sin from the sinner than to punish the person acting upon it. Or perhaps he does hate the sinner.
2006-09-14 23:42:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We do not choose to go to hell. No one would choose an eternity of hell. A person honestly does not know what is going to occur to them. Ultimately it is god's *Choice* if that sin is to great for the person to go to hell. The person may have commited the sin but believed God would let it slip. No person can honestly say with 100% conviction that they know God's ways.
2006-09-14 23:44:59 · update #1
A choice that is not clear. Such a choice needs to be clearly demonstrated by such a God. The Bible is not even close enough to define this choice.
2006-09-14 23:46:46 · update #2
I was not speaking of homosexuality. That was my last question. I was speaking of any sin.
2006-09-14 23:48:03 · update #3
The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.
If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.
First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.
How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work?
It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.
One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.
Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.
If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.
If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.
How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.
Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.
If this is the case then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.
How likely is that????
Think about it.
The idea of sin is simple nonsense; a lie made up about God by religion.
Love and blessings
don
Source --- Course in miracles
2006-09-14 23:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This idea that God loves the sinner and hates the sin is a contemporary theory that is not in the least Biblical. The Bible tells us many times that "God hates the workers of iniquity." This new doctrine added in the last 40 years that God just loves everyone to pieces is really devastating to the church of Jesus Christ not only because it is wrong, but people get the idea that God won't judge their sins. Read Hebrews 10 - 12 and get a glimpse of how God views sin in His children. Read James 4 and many other passages.
2006-09-15 06:58:32 · answer #2 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is up to the sinner to repent and make the decision not to sin. When the sinner insists upon continuing in his sin, then God has no choice but to punish him. Responsibility is the key word here. God wants us to accept responsibility for our actions. We are not robots----we were not put on this earth to be manipulated by a sadistic God. We were put here to learn and to grow spiritually for a higher purpose that only God knows. This requires that we become aware of good and evil, right and wrong. Adam and Eve chose to disobey God and were punished for it. Their sin is imputed to us, but through the blood of Jesus Christ we have a way out of the valley of the shadow of death. Again, it is the responsibility of every person to make the decision as to whether he or she wants to follow Christ or not. There is a reward for following Christ and there is a penalty for not following Christ. I did not make the rules---God did, and he made the rules the way he did to suit his purposes.
2006-09-15 06:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has been around allot longer, then any of us, God can do what God whats to do. The product can not choose it's maker, but the Maker can choose it's product. Be greatfull God as given you a choice to follow the right path, which is narrow. But the path to evil is wide and full.
2006-09-15 06:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by dave091125 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Proverbe 4-6 or further and see what it has to say on wisdom and understanding.God gave US 'free will',that is why he loves the sinner but will still punish for that sin.A fatherwho doesnt discipline his son doesnt love him.The sin can be removed when we ask for forgiveness and He will never deny us that!
2006-09-15 06:50:56 · answer #5 · answered by kareen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sinner has a choice to make.... hold onto sin or FLEE the sin.... God gave all a freewill to choose. The punishment is coz of the choice people make...
2006-09-15 06:45:46 · answer #6 · answered by CK1 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
God give us free will to do as we please. He doesn't want tus to "follow" Him because He programs us to do it, or if it's against our will.
He want us because WE want Him.
And Yes, people DO choose to go to hell every day. They make the choice to be with God or to NOT be with God because they have the free will to do so.
God does hate the sin, but He also does love the sinner. But He is not going to prevent anyone from sinning. He wants us to make the choice to TRY to not sin ourselves.
2006-09-15 07:25:19 · answer #7 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is nothing like God hates the Sin.
His Son commits the sin and he is punished.
it is we to decide whether to commit a sin or not.
under any circumstances we r not supposed to commit the sin.
if God has to remove the sins- going on committed by us he will not have time to look into other matters.
ok
2006-09-15 06:56:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is in Karma theory..
Everybody has got freedom to choose for his deeds, he may choose righteously or wrong. Once chosen his path, he follows it, and the results comes over according to the laws of nature.
For every action there is a cause, god has nothing to do with it.
And the greatest sin is to feel the unearned guilt.
2006-09-15 06:50:50 · answer #9 · answered by temptations_irresistible1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God will not remove the sin from the sinner. He did not put it there, u choose to sin. it is your free will. what God offers is an alternative, he gives u the choice to repent and stop sinning. He will not force u.
2006-09-15 06:46:36 · answer #10 · answered by Sherona B 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋