OK then Christians...I asked why people go to hell, and everyone gave me the BS about free will. So let's give it a second try:
Why does God send people to hell if he is nice and loving? No BS about free will....come on give me something that is new. Yeah we sinned but he can change the rules if he is all-powerful....
2006-09-16 17:26:06 · 43 answers · asked by Mr. T, formerly known as Shadow. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
still no answers...come on people! I guess three is the charm...
2006-09-16 17:29:31 · update #1
I apologize Elkstar, you are correct. I was talking about the Christians who did not give me ONE ARGUEMENT other than free will....
2006-09-16 17:32:02 · update #2
It's funny but all the Athiests have the good answers...you Christians are dissapointing me...and don't bother praying for me to convert I am liberal Cathloic.
Why do you say I'm going to hell? That's not very Christian.....but
Jesus loves you!
2006-09-16 17:38:39 · update #3
Did I mention I gloss over the bible verses? don't quote at me say what you mean!
2006-09-16 17:48:33 · update #4
I bet you argued a lot with your mom as a kid. huh?
You simply can't take rules.
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2006-09-16 17:29:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
God is a fair and just judge. Good judges don't just change the laws when they feel like it. The thing that's great about being a Christian is that there's black & white, good & evil, Heaven or Hell, we don't have to wonder. There are many things I DO wonder about, but they aren't the critical things.
You choose, Heaven or Hell. Hire the best lawyer (Jesus) to keep you from jail (Hell) or be judged guilty and pay the price.
Free will, free choice, you pick. You can't take free will out of the picture.
You break the law, you get caught. You get one phone call. Only one. Call Jesus.
2006-09-16 17:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by megmom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is not so much nice and loving as he is just and fair. He's a judge so he has to condemn people to hell. Of course if they repent, that's when the loving part kicks in, he's willing to give us a second chance. You're right, he could change the rules, but if he did that it wouldn't be fair. That would be like letting a murderer go free from prison just because you love him. If God were so nice and loving that he just lets everybody into heaven, then there'd be no reason to fear him.
2006-09-16 17:45:08 · answer #3 · answered by Silver Spoon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made the rules, why would he want to change them, It breaks his heart to see his children go to hell, but sin and God cannot be together, He is very nice and loving, but he is also just. If a judge let a rapist murderer free to go on the streets even if the rapist murderer pleaded guily and showed pictures, then the judge wouldnt bring justice at all. So why would God decide to be unjust. We all sin which means that none of us are capable to going to heaven. The only payment for sin is death. and this is where Jesus comes in, God is so nice and loving that he offered his own son, Jesus, Jesus died for us and took upon all of our sins (big or small) so that we would have a way to heaven, he has given us this free gift and all we have to do is grab it.
2006-09-16 17:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by ixfriendlyxi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To say why do people go to hell and don't give me any BS about free will is like saying why does a ball fall when you drop it and don't give me any BS about the law of gravity. Free will is the reason why people go to hell. Anyone can freely choose to accept Christ as their personal savior and go to heaven. Is Christianity an exclusive religion?
I wouldn't say christianity is exclusive. Jesus said "For God so loved the WORLD that He gave His only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life". Jesus also said "Come to Me, ALL you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest".
Notice the words world, whosoever and all. That tells me that christianity is open to everyone. How can anyone then call it exclusive. Hinduism is exclusive. It has a caste system. If you are born into the Brahman caste you'll probably have a pretty good life. That's the top caste. If you're born into the Dalits, you'll probably live in a garbage dump most of your life. Those are the untouchables and that's just your Karma. You can't change castes, at least not in this life.
Romans 6:23 says "For the wages of sin is death, but the FREE gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord". Notice it says that gift is free. You just turn your life over to Christ and he freely gives you eternal life.
Let's summarize: According to the bible, the christian God has offered eternal life in heaven to EVERYONE and it's given to you FREELY if you come Gods way. Why is that wrong?
You say "I don't want to live according to your Gods rules...I want to live life my way". That's fine and if christianity is wrong then you don't have to come the christian way because christianity is just a farce anyhow. But if christianity is true and the God of the universe is the christian God then He created the universe as well as creating us. It's His heaven. As long as He opens heaven to everyone and it's a free gift, why can't He determine the criterion for getting in? If I threw a party and I invited anyone who wanted to come and there was no cover charge and no descrimination as far as skin color, class status or whatever to get in then why would it be wrong if I said that you couldn't dress in a sexually provocative way or you couldn't bring any alcohol or you couldn't smoke or you couldn't use filthy language. It's my party in my house. I'm opening it to everybody and it's free. Why don't I have the right to set some ground rules.
Christianity is not a rich fancy club which requires membership. It's free, it's open to everyone but a lot of people want to live life their own way and then if they're wrong and the christian God really is the God of the universe, Then they still want to be rewarded in eternity by that God even though they have ignored Him in this life.
You have free choice. You can choose Christ or you can choose to ignore him and follow your own form of spirituality. Make sure you're not wrong. But whichever way you go, you chose it. Nobody twisted your arm.
2006-09-16 17:49:52 · answer #5 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, lets say there isn't a hell. If you don't accept Christ into your life you die don't go to heaven and that's it. No harm done. To Christians the worst part of hell is that they are without God. So God doesn't SEND anyone to hell, he welcomes them to heaven. So why is this free will idea BS?? what is so wrong with that? everyone chooses their own religion so why is that not an acceptable awnser??
2006-09-16 17:51:37 · answer #6 · answered by AG 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well the problem is with your question that is none of us know what God thinks. Why he did the way he did things and how he runs the show. God know who when they are born will go to heave. He knows who will be blinded forever and will never believe. This is just yahoo answer site. We are not God and we do not know why. If you don't believe in God or accept Jesus into your heart and never believe then you go to hell no matter how good of a person you are. I don't know why....I hope that broke it down for ya. It's hard for a human to tell you why God has done something.I'm just a woman.
2006-09-16 17:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
first of all GOD does not change .and people send them selfs to hell by not obeying his word.you need to get a bible and read it.
http://www.fillthevoid.org/Tracts/Therealityofhell/the-reality-of-hell.html
The Reality of Hellhttp://www.godwords.org/
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2006-09-16 17:36:06 · answer #8 · answered by bassetluv 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOD don't send people to hell.People decide with their actions were they want to go.Fathers and mothers loves their kids but when they do bad things parents punish their kids.GOD is love but if you are in sin you will go to hell.You can't be in heaven if in your life you were a sinner.Parents love their kids but they have to obey the rules of the house if not they have to move to another place.In this case if you don't obey the rules of GOD you will go to hell,not choice.But repent of your sins and live a life that please GOD then you will be in heaven with GOD and with all the other christians!!!!!!!!
2006-09-16 17:34:14 · answer #9 · answered by The Apostle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read the story of the prodigal son to know how God conducts Himself.
God is a loving Father hoping that His children will return home to receive His forgiveness and compassion.
For those of us who believe, we cannot fathom why someone would choose to devote oneself to laws of humankind rather than the laws of the loving, forgiving God.
I do not believe you or anyone else is going to hell. I believe hell is what the prodigal son experienced, when he was cut off from his father, suffering in the world. and I believe one can connect with the father through any of the world's great religions.
peace to you
2006-09-16 17:33:05 · answer #10 · answered by Colin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just remember that God is fair and He is the JUDGE. You can't live up to the 10 commandments and He knows that, so He the innocent One shed blood so that the guilty could enter a place where Christ would be. He lived the commandments and paid the price of dying in your place to give you life. But believing that is so hard isn't it, so REPENT AND BELIEVE., Believe the following
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9-10
2006-09-16 17:44:30 · answer #11 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋