2007-03-05 22:56:46 · 21 answers · asked by Godmann 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God punishes the wicked because righteousness demands that justice is served.
They all had a chance to accept God, but in their great intellect they rejected him. They have no one to blame but themselves.
You cant have it both ways
You believe and are saved or you reject and are condemned.
2007-03-05 23:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by Lover of God 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you believe Man is a neutral creature with a choice, then you end up with this dilemma. How can God be loving on this side of death and full of wrath on the other side, for the unbeliever? No fair.
If man is unable to make the choice for God due to original sin that would condemn him anyway, then this question goes away. We would then deserve whatever we get, because God would have never needed to save us in the first place.
That makes God glorified either way. He does not owe mankind a spot in heaven. Predestination then becomes an honor, and foreknowledge takes on an intimate meaning of fore-loving His own -- while the rest of the world is left in their sins, with everlasting torture a powerful illustration of the holiness of a God that does not tolerate sin.
2007-03-06 00:00:12 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God will be gone from Hell. Hell is the absence of God. Only Satan will enjoy the cries of everlasting torment. You should choose based on heaven, then you won't worry about hell. It's a free choice. This lifetime is very short compared to eternity.
2007-03-05 23:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by Pamela 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He won't enjoy it. Even the angels rejoice when a sinner is saved, so I could imagine their grief, let alone God's over the destruction of all the souls that end up in hell, having been given the same opportunities at salvation as everyone else.
2007-03-06 05:47:21 · answer #4 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's nice to know that you believe there is a hell. Maybe you should concentrate on making sure you don't end up there instead of having the audacity to question God.
Isa 45:9 Woe to him who fights with the One who formed him! A potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to its former, What are you making? Or does your work say, He has no hands?
God Bless You!!
2007-03-05 23:09:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is easily the god of affection, yet human beings ignore that he's likewise the god of justice. because He does loves us, He must be only and punish evil. Sin advantages punishment, for sin is violating the regulation God (committing evil and/or rejecting God). for this reason Hell has to exist. God advantages our optimal recognize and obedience. the reliable information, besides the undeniable fact that, is that He realizes that we are so conquer by technique of our sinful nature that we are no longer able to stay righteously, hopelessly unable to stay by technique of His commonly used of righteousness in accordance the the former testomony. God the daddy poured His wrath on God the Son, Jesus, who keen bore the sins of the global so as that humanity does no longer could journey Hell. If human beings stay by technique of religion (it truly is what God particularly needs) and serve Jesus Christ, they can settle for this loose present of salvation and they could have the reassurance of heaven and eternal existence. No, God does no longer have a good time with punishing human beings in Hell and neither does He chortle at them. He particularly weeps for them because sinners have chosen to reject Him.
2016-12-05 07:50:53 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't send people to hell. Hell is a state of being separated from God. And one doesn't have to be dead to be in hell. Peace can only come from knowing God.
2007-03-05 23:45:21 · answer #7 · answered by miakaye 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell is a tool used by the religious to get people to do what they want.
Think about it.
Heaven = Best reward for eternity
Hell = Worst punishment for eternity
How can you not see the reward/punishment thing going on there?
2007-03-05 23:00:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Silly you! God has the power to prevent this & doesn't!
Who are you to say torture isn't caring?
Besides, he is gonna throw a partayyy!!!! Wooooo!!!
Can't wait to dance & shout God's wonderful praises all over those evil, wicked sinners who won't repent because they love doing things their way instead of God's!
2007-03-05 23:04:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What does the Bible say the penalty for sin is?
Rom. 6:23: “The wages sin pays is death.”
After one’s death, is he still subject to further punishment for his sins?
Rom. 6:7: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin.”
Is eternal torment of the wicked compatible with God’s personality?
Jer. 7:31: “They [apostate Judeans] have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, in order to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, a thing that I had not commanded and that had not come up into my heart.” (If it never came into God’s heart, surely he does not have and use such a thing on a larger scale.)
Illustration: What would you think of a parent who held his child’s hand over a fire to punish the child for wrongdoing? “God is love.” (1 John 4:8) Would he do what no right-minded human parent would do? Certainly not!
2007-03-05 22:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by papa G 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋