Where is the logic in this plan??

Question

'I am god, I can do anything, pardon anyone, forgive any sin...HEY! I want all of humanity to have salvation to the heaven I created, and I don't want to have to send them to the hell I created... so I am gonna SEND MY SON TO BE TORTURED AND CRUCIFIED! Yes...that's perfect. Then if people decide to believe that it really happened some 2000 years later with no evidence except a book of stories about the little history of this earth place I created written by some of my son's followers that sound highly supernatural, I will let them have eternal joy for their willful ignorance!!!

OH BOY, I am excited...let's get started...wait how do I make a son. Oh that 14 year old girl there looks nice, I am only infinitely old, It's not like we have much of an age difference. Oooh Maryyyyy!...'

D-: -I have never prayed much, but I will say one now.

Dear god

Put down the White-out and step away.

lotsa love,
your little creation waiting to be thrown into the eternal lake of fire.

Well, not only was I trying to be humorous, but I was also pointing out how highly ridiculous the religion seems if you sum it all up.

And although I'm glad god loves me, Im more thankful for the love of people and animals =P (dog's laying beside me), that are real.

Answer 1

"Anything that inspires us to see what is true and do what is good is proper practice"

Ajahn Chah
http://www.bswa.org

Answer 2

Lets try purpose.......He is a God of Purpose!

His original purpose was to have perfect humans be fruitful and become many and fill the earth. Genesis 1:28

That is still his purpose.

For evildoers themselves will be cut off,
But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth. -Psalms 37:9

The righteous themselves will possess the earth,
And they will reside forever upon it. -Psalms 37:29

Hope in Jehovah and keep his way,
And he will exalt you to take possession of the earth.
When the wicked ones are cut off, you will see [it]. -Psalms 37:34

The Truth About Hell

OBVIOUSLY, the underlying doctrine behind belief in punishment after death is the belief that the real man does not actually die when the fleshly body dies but that something—often called a soul—survives the death of the body. This belief, as we saw in the preceding article, goes back to the early Sumerians and Babylonians in Mesopotamia. Later, it was adopted by the Greeks, whose philosophers, such as Plato, polished the theory. Their refined dualistic belief in “body and soul” became a part of apostate Jewish belief.

When did professed Christians adopt the belief in such an afterlife? Certainly not during the time of Jesus and his apostles. The French Encyclopædia Universalis states: “The [apocryphal] Apocalypse of Peter (2nd century C.E.) was the first Christian work to describe the punishment and tortures of sinners in hell.”

In fact, it appears that among the early church fathers, there was much disagreement over hell. Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, and Cyprian were for a fiery hell. Origen tried to give hell a remedial twist, claiming that sinners in hell would eventually be saved. He was followed to a greater or lesser degree by Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa. But Augustine put an end to such soft views of hell. In his book Early Christian Doctrines, Oxford professor J. N. D. Kelly writes: “By the fifth century the stern doctrine that sinners will have no second chance after this life and that the fire which will devour them will never be extinguished was everywhere paramount.”

As to purgatory, the book Orpheus—A General History of Religions states: “St. Augustine had held that there was an intermediate state of probation between future felicity and damnation, that of the purification of souls by fire. This is the Orphic [pagan Greek] and Virgilian [pagan Roman] doctrine of Purgatory: there is not a word about it in the Gospels. . . . The doctrine of Purgatory . . . was formulated in the sixth century, and proclaimed a dogma of the Church by the Council of Florence (1439).” The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “The Catholic doctrine on purgatory is based on tradition, not Sacred Scripture.” With regard to Limbo, Rome’s Cardinal Ratzinger admits that it is “only a theological hypothesis.”

Answer 3

It is easy for a non believer to misinterpret the bible just as it is easy for a christian to misunderstand the Quaran. I cant blame you and respond to you with insults and loathe but only state that yes God does love you despite your rejection of him and the numerous sarcastic attacks and that you will only learn the true meanings of the bible when you accept Jesus into your life. I once thought like you until i became a saved born again christian. May god bless you.

Answer 4

The significance and validity of what you say is obvious. That and similar examples are constant reminders to all of us who have not had their brains switched off by religion, of the absurdity of religious doctrine. We must keep throwing it out there in the hope that we can catch the odd person on the edge of christianity and bring him back before he reaches the point of no return. You do noble work. Keep it up.

Answer 5

Wow....someone is angry for something they supposedly care nothing about....
So, whats your story, you seem mad at God, even though you don't believe in the book about him. I have come to believe its actually rather believable based on the evidence we have about the book, eyewitness evidence, historical accuracy, and logic! So, I am opposite of you in some ways. I would warn you though, just in case it may be real, please, don't mock God. Something like eternal life, with God, is not free, and costs something, to sinful humans. I am thankful that Jesus made a way, that he and his father agreed it was the best way to give us a second chance at a life with him. I hope you will reconsider your position, and really search for truth, and see what stands the test of logic, reason, and more. It does not seem ridiculous to me. Actually, the closest part that does seem ridiculous, is that the God of the universe, even though we "blew it" through sinning, would do all that he has done, to help us have a way back to him. He could force us to, but who wants a true relationship with someone that doesn't choose to love them on their own. God does care for you, and loves you. He is knocking at the door of your heart. Please, don't ignore him.

Answer 6

WOW UMM COOKIE MONSTER IS IT UMM YEAH FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION POINTING TOWARDS THE BIBLE BEING REAL THAN ANY OTHER RELIGION WILL EVER HAVE TO OFFER.

NEXT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD ASK TO BE SENT INTO AN ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE YOU NEVER WANT TO BE THROWN INTO HELL................. YOURS TRULY MY DEAR

Answer 7

God sends NO ONE to hell. It is a place that was created for the devil and the angels who rebelled. Then man rebelled and hell was expanded for all who choose to go. Its a personal choice Not Gods

Answer 8

Psalm 50:16-21
But to the wicked God says:
"What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
When you saw a thief, you consented with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.
You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.
You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother's son.
These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought I was altogether like you,
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes."

Answer 9

lmao!!!! I have my criticisms about Christianity too, but this is kinda vicious really. I'm not sure you really wanted an answer for this, but my thoughts are that every religion has customs based on the culture that other cultures are not going to understand or respect. Whatever works for other people works for other people and whatever works for you works for you.

Answer 10

It never ceases to amaze me how wonderful God is when our thoughts are this and he yet found mercy and loved us enough to die for us in our place. You are indeed a Testimony to the loving kindness of a perfect God.

Answer 11

I hear a voice crying out for help. I pray that one day soon you will realize how wrong you are....and how much you need this God that you mock. Yep...he loves sinners...but hates the sin.