The bible speaks of eternal damnation... No god would ever allow someone to be in pain for all of eternity. There would be no point in that. A real supreme being would simple cease the offender's existence rather than torture them from now till eternity!!!
2007-01-18 17:35:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A perfect being would have no need to create anything outside of itself.
(When I made this point in my philosophy class, a catholic called me blasphemous and left the room)
2007-01-18 17:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
they will say, "that is Satan's fault", but they do not even realize there is a contradiction in their statement. If God is all knowing and all powerful and all good, then he had to of created Satan and hell....so how can he be all good? If you think that Satan created hell, then God can't be all powerful because he allowed Satan to create an eternal torture chamber. If you think that Satan and hell as well as sin were created by man's free will choice to do evil things thus bringing the 3 former concepts into existence, then you are admitting that God is not omnipotent because he would have foreseen the trouble ahead.
-Judeo/Christian religion is literally FULL of logical contradiction...strange that most people don't seem to care and just go on believing anyway dont ya think?
2007-01-19 01:38:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm still contemplating this, but I'm beginning to think there are 3 types of outcomes.
1 - Those who follows Christ and going into heaven
2 - Those who fight christ as anti-christs and going into hell
3 - Those who are ignorant, who will just cease to exist.
I thought this to be right until today, I read up on the parable of lazarus and the rich man. The bible did not say the rich man worked against God. Only that he kept enjoying himself without regard to the pains of others and therefore he was thrown into hell.
There's hell because some people deserved to be punished for eternity for causing the deaths of so many innocent lives. Eg. Hitler, Saddam, Allah, Muhammad, Muslims, Mussolini, Stalin, Shi Huang Ti etc.
2007-01-19 01:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He doesn't want eternal damnation, never did. That's why he sent Jesus down to bring salvation.
In a perfect God(okay, i'll stop, God IS perfect) there's full knowledge of good and bad. God's not gonna let the bad guys just go, is he?
2007-01-19 01:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by controlfreak 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nobody deserves eternal punishment. A loving God may be just, but he would not make it last for eternity. The purpose of punishment is to correct undesirable behavior. If you punish for eternity then there is no possibility of correction.
2007-01-19 01:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by Incoherent Fool 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your not asking a question; you are voicing an opinion.
Eternal damnation is eternal separation from God. That is what Hell is.
God doesn't want us to be in pain - he doesn't want anyone to be in pain. Pain and suffering were introduced when sin entered the world. God has given each of us the ability to choose - He has given us a privilege that actually none of us deserve....notice I didn't say "he gave us a RIGHT."
The Father never meant for Hell to be for humans - it was created for the fallen angels of Lucifer and his minions. (this answers your original question) It is sad that those who choose not to have faith in Christ have chosen the other path....damnation with the fallen. God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit all love us unconditionally.....and want to spend eternity with us in His kingdom.
It is we who choose not to believe in Him, not to follow Him, and not to obey and work for Him. It is a personal choice to be damned with the fallen angels in a neverending separation from Him.
God is love. He sent his perfect Son to die in an imperfect world simply so we imperfect humans could be closer to Him. And remember - Christ committed no crime, did not sin, and yet humans chose to kill him...God created a way for us to come be with him (IF WE CHOOSE TO). And if we don't choose to....where else is there to go???
And really - how difficult is it to believe in Him...you can't see the wind, but you know it's there. You may not believe in Him, but that doesn't mean He doesn't exist. And you may not understand Him - but that doesn't mean that He is wrong.
He gave you life, he knew you from before the womb - and he wants you to live eternally in heaven alongside Him. It just takes a little faith, a little love, a little belief, from you, to come closer to Him.
2007-01-19 01:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by hispeedcable 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God is Holy and perfect we are not. God cannot stand in the presence of sin- it was OUR CHOICE to sin. That is why He sent His Son to die for us, so that we can live eternally with Him. He created us to have a perfect relationship with Him. We sinned and that separates us from the Lord. We all deserve eternal hell, but in His great mercy He saves us through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. He desires ALL TO COME to Him. We should have been the ones that died in our sin, but now we have a CHOICE. I choose to give my life to Christ and live for Him, how about you?
2007-01-19 02:15:33 · answer #7 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's why this apocalypse is going to be so whacky. You'll have someone walking around healing people and making perfect sense, but some of what they'll be saying will contradict many Christian's beliefs.
2007-01-19 01:38:40 · answer #8 · answered by Atlas 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
waste of time, you can beat them over the head with this, they don't get it
another good one is:
if god is omniscient (all-knowing), why did god create all of the "bad" people that he knows will just end up in hell anyway?
2007-01-19 01:39:07 · answer #9 · answered by Nick F 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My public incident, great to see you. If there was a god and he had compassion you would be correct.
2007-01-19 01:39:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋