So I've seen Christians throwing around hell rather flippantly, here and elsewhere - "if you don't follow Jesus, you'll burn in hell!"
Now think about it. Hell is supposedly horrible beyond anything that we can fathom. Being there for a few seconds is unimaginable torture. I'm thinking that even if someone burned down my house, killed my loved ones and ran over my cat, I wouldn't want to punish them by making them suffer so excessively for eternity.
God's supposed to be more compassionate than me, a mere human. So (a) how can he stand to have people suffering in hell? Why doesn't he do everything he can to save them from that? (And I don't want to hear that "look at nature, God created it, that's how he proves he exists!" Sorry, a pretty tree is not enough proof to make some people believe wholeheartedly in something invisible.)
And (b) is it really Godlike for Christians to throw around hell like a cheap threat, not really caring about what an awful place it is?
2006-12-14 16:15:57 · 3 answers · asked by p0is0n0us_butterfly 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
a) Well, he needed a place to put all the people that saw through the facade of the religion, and he needed it to sound really scary so that they would listen to that religon just so they would feel safe
b) Probably not, but I just laugh whenever some one tells me that I am going to hell, because if I do, I'll be moving in so Satan better get his *** up off my throne!
2006-12-15 21:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by SamuraiFiction 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything you need to know is in the Bible. The Old Testament is a history book. The two commandments in the New Testament are how we should live our lives today. God Bless!
Are you ready?
http://www.youtube.com/v/smlhypjhves...
2006-12-17 23:03:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree
2006-12-15 07:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by jedi1josh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋