2006-12-21 02:15:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am mortal, which by definition means I am finite. I can therefore have only finite effects.
The fundamental rule of justices is equivalent consequence. I cause you $100 of damage, I have to pay you $100. I break your leg, you get to break my leg. I kill you, your family gets to kill me. Anything that gives the victim more than the crime cost is unjust.
God is definied as all-loving, all-just, all-merciful, all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-present. There are a few other 'all' things that are ascribed to him, those are the primaries.
Hell is defined as a place of eternal punishment in Christianity alone -- Islam teaches that Hell is a place of purification and punishment that ends in salvation, and Judiasm doesn't have a Hell at all. As I understand, one of the lowest levels of Hell in either Hinduism or Buddhism is supposedly unsalvable and eternal, but I also understand that no one is evil enough to go to it.
So. Christianity alone says I will go to Hell, to be punished for infinite time. One assumes that the punishment will always be greater than zero (otherwise, I'd get a 'break' and hell would not be infinite). The integral of a function of an infinite domained function that is always positive non-zero in range is itself infinite. Therefore, Hell is infinite punishment.
Christians accuse God of being capable of inflicting infinite punishment on me for finite crimes.
This is not Loving, Merciful, or Just. This is a contradiction.
Therefore, the assertion that God will send me to Hell is totally bogus, as it creates a contradiction. Either God will send me to hell for a little (even a trillion years is nothing compared to eternity) while then welcome me to Heaven when my penalty is paid OR there is no God at all.
Christians, your choice?
2006-12-21 02:25:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope it just means that God doesn't lie and when he said he loved all his children he meant it even Hitler, Stalin the Devil etc..Hell is the place prepared for the Devil and his angels have ye ever even read the Bible?.. Hell is empty atm For the Devil isn't cast to his own place until the end of time. The devil was a personage in authority in the presence of God, having sought that which was evil before God he was cast down out of heaven thereby becoming miserable forever, he now seeks to make all mankind miserable like unto himself for he seeks to destroy the things of God and to take away from man their free agency. He is in the earth atm roaming to and fro with his legions of followers.. Hell is the place prepared for them when God shall have finished his work which he has purposed upon this Earth.
2006-12-21 10:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler and Stalin don't even deserve a place in God's shadow when it comes to badness. God is the Master in it.
Which makes me wonder if a non-existing being even has a shadow...
2006-12-21 10:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by Thinx 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God did not make Hell for humanity but for as a place were satan and his rebellious angels could be separated from His loving presence as they chose to be apart from Him by their pride and disloyalty.
Now Hell is a place or state of eternal hatred of God and even of one another,there is no love there at all but only anger and rage, and God wants none of His children to go there, but if we too reject Him as satan did and want nothing to do with Him then after we die where else can we spend eternity but in the same place as the fallen ones.
The reality is not that God sends us to Hell but that we make this choice ourselves, would any of us allow a murderer,rapist etc to live in our home?
2006-12-21 10:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
...and God gives you a set of easy to follow instructions to avoid eternal condemnation in hell.
He also ,and this should have been my first point, in His infinite wisdom grants you free WILL....that is CHOICE! You and only you can choose your spiritual path.
What choice/s did Hitler or Stalin give his victims?
Think about it, if there was no fear of hell wouldn't people sin with impunity!?
2006-12-21 10:26:29 · answer #5 · answered by Ithea Nzau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is God gives us choices but Hitler and Stalin did not.
2006-12-21 10:20:09 · answer #6 · answered by John W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
Meb and women chose to do the evil they did instead of living in peace and harmony the way God intended for us to live.
Using your logic; some could accuse good people of being evil for keeping criminals in Jail.
Civilization does have the right to protect itself from evil people.
Hell really means a place without the presence of God.
2006-12-21 10:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does the existance of something make God evil? It is your choice to make Hell your eternal destiny. God only supplies what some people choose
2006-12-21 10:19:12 · answer #8 · answered by gtahvfaith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is a loving Father . No parent would burn thier offspring for eternity . There is no hell.
2006-12-21 10:24:32 · answer #9 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell was created for the devil and his angels. God didnt create it for us. People have a choice if they want to go to heaven or hell.
2006-12-21 10:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by iwant_u2_wantme2000 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋