This is the sterling argument against predestination as practised by some denominations. It limits the love of God. It turns God into an entity without a particular purpose. In this kind of dogma, humans have exclusive rights to the possession of God. Human beings become playthings. Like you, I find it incredible to believe that a loving God would create His children out of love and then make it impossible for them to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
2007-02-10 08:20:36
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answered by Buffy 5
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You are right in that it would be really evil if God created people knowing that they were going to go to some fiery place of torment. However hell is accurately translated to mean the common grave of mankind. we all go there when we die. It is not a place of punishment. The wages sin pays is death.
Romans 6:23: "For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord."
Hell: definition...The word “hell” is found in many Bible translations. In the same verses other translations read “the grave,” “the world of the dead,” and so forth. Other Bibles simply transliterate the original-language words that are sometimes rendered “hell”; that is, they express them with the letters of our alphabet but leave the words untranslated. What are those words? The Hebrew she’ohl′ and its Greek equivalent hai′des, which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek ge′en·na, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction. However, both in Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished (and some believe that this is with torment).
As for there being many paths that lead to God, you should seriously research this topic (using the Bible)...
Matthew 7:13 & 14 "“Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; 14Â whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it."
Matthew 7: 21-23: "“Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. 22Â Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ 23Â And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness."
Proverbs 16:25: "There exists a way that is upright before a man, but the ways of death are the end of it afterward"
2007-02-10 15:34:09
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answered by wannaknow 5
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It is called freedom, you can choose what to do with your life.
I don't really care about hell or paradise. I like the idea to live being a good person. Also I like the idea that god take care of me, so why shouldn't I believe that? :-)
2007-02-10 15:39:20
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answered by Marco 2
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That would be an evil God. But he doesn't want anyone to perish.
"This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth"
1 Timothy 2:3-5
2007-02-10 15:27:06
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answered by yaabro 4
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Sorry gorgeous, you have bought yourself a sack full of lies and the biggest is that God is evil. I have found many have caused themselves to stumble by judging God rather than seeking him in his truth and knowing him. There is only one way to the Father and it is through the Son. His truth is righteous and he is not evil but has paid with his blood the penalty of death for all who love the truth and accept his atonement.
2007-02-10 15:28:30
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answered by djmantx 7
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Why would you believe that? It is completely unbiblical and has nothing to do with traditional Christian theology. Are you 'supposed' to believe a doctrine endorsed by less than 2% of the Christian population world-wide? Why?
2007-02-10 15:26:58
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answered by NONAME 7
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I concur with you. No loving God would even send people to Hell in the first place.
2007-02-10 15:27:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Your question implies that mankind has no freewill, agency or choice in living one's life. You have the choice to be obedient, enjoy the blessings of making good choices and face the consequences of any and all of your choices. God does not "make" you choose anything. It is up to you.
Would he be saddened to know that some of his children are making poor choices...? Of course, just like you would be saddened by one of your one children doing the same. Does he hope that you will make good choices? Of course he does. He never gives up on you. However, the choice is yours.
2007-02-10 15:35:44
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answered by Kerry 7
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God is disgusted with the human race. At first he said his creation was good, but now he is disgusted with it. Almost all of us will end up in Hell, including most of the church people.
2007-02-10 15:30:08
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answered by Anonymous
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just because something is horrible it doesn't mean it's not true
if your going to reject religions with Hell do it because they completely lack evidence in support of them, not because it would stink if they were true.
2007-02-10 15:26:43
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answered by Anonymous
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