The bible says god is fair and just. Is there any sin worth eternal punishment?

Question

God is allmighty, all knowing and all powerful... so he KNOWS how people think... perhaps only those who intend good go to heaven... not believing in Jesus. If he is fair... are you saying that a fair, just loving god will send a human being of his creation to ETERNAL punishment...torture, horrible pain forever...for simply being brought up a non-christian... not believing... does a person deserve that pain forever for being brought up the way they were...they had a choice.. THATS NOT THE POINT. They did not know what the right answer was...so they did not chose bad... the bible contradicts itself... you christians know what Jesus said about displaying religion...keep it to YOURSELF. So DONT throw it in others faces... God is fair and loving...he won't send billions to eternal horrrible pain for not belieiving... noone... NO-ONE deserves eternal punishment.. are you saying its fair... someone who does not know about jesus to pay eternal punishment FOREVER... GOD IS FAIR. JUST.

Answer 1

Good point. I don't believe 'God' would have created mankind to have half of them burn in hell for all eternity. That would make him a total jerk wouldn't it? To believe that is therefore to believe God is a jerk.
PS
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Answer 2

Wow. I'm not sure if yours is a question or not. Here's my two cents. I'm a first year student at a mainstream Protestant seminary--my professors won't like this answer, but it may help. The idea of hell was developed in apocalptic literature seen in the Old Testament, ie: book of Daniel. It is the idea that God is so good that he will sweep in and destroy evil by casting it down into lakes of fiery damnation. This was originally meant as a message of hope of God's power and glory over evil. The New Testament writers take this and use it as well, speciifcally, Mark, Luke, and John (the John that wrote the book of Revelation). The Gospels make ONE mentioning of an "eternal" sin (Mark 3:20-35)--it comes after the chief priests look at Jesus' healing and call it the work of Satan. The author of Mark believes that the "end times" are coming, in which a side has to be chosen between God and Satan. The "unforgivable sin" in this passage is a warning to these chief priests not to join the side of Satan against good. Mark is very clear in the verse before, assuring that all sins are forgiven, and also in the verse afterwards by saying EXACTLY what the chief priests did that was wrong--Mark tries to avoid misunderstanding here. Again, it was a warning. Forgiveness of sins isn't a blank check to side with evil.

It was Augustine who started the important tradition in Christianity that we are inherently wicked people (original sin), but we have since been afraid in the church of going to hell (though it is a valid and widely accepted doctrine in both Catholicism and Protestantism). I believe our misunderstanding of it is a product of millenia of church theology and doctrine that has been passed down through different cultures. Especially in the Calvinist tradition (think Puritans which influence most of American Protestantism), many people are either 1) terrified they have committed the unforgivable sin, or 2) love to tell other people they are damned. This is a terrible place to be; as both are most likely wrong.

Bottom line, we're not damned--many pictures of fire and brimstone are images of apocalyptic literature used out of context. Augustine said we were all doomed to sin, but we are also saved by grace. Americans are twisting this tradition to believe that we are all damned, but grace will save us ONLY IF we accept Christ--not all Christians agree with this. In fact, this isn't in line with Christian tradition. There is no "only if." We have grace. God is good and thoroughly loves us. We don't make a choice to be saved--we already are. People misinterpret the doctrine of the elect and don't understand original sin.

If it sounds I am being too concrete on this, it is only because I am also frustrated by Christians who think they can damn others. The bottom line is that God loves all of us, and gives us the freedom to get what we deserve.

Answer 3

Okay.. God does not send anyone to hell, your unbelief/rejection of the the truth does.Every human being deep down inside knows there must be a God/creator, whether you have heard of Jesus Christ or not. The heavens declare his glory, His handiwork is written in and on all that you see, no person will be able to stand before God and claim that he did not know there is a God. He will be able to say he didn't believe there was a God and could not prove there was, but this will be no excuse(for as with man made laws, ignorance is no excuse)because all the signs were there, you just chose to ignore. to say you you can live your life anyway you want with regard for the laws of God is a slap in the face of God. God is almighty, all powerful and all knowing ,but he gave mankind a little thing called freewill. you have the choice to believe or not,but know that each choice has consequences,for good or bad,yet it is still YOUR CHOICE.

Answer 4

How many times do I have to explain this?

You are confusing eternal punishment with eternal punishing. And I cannot judge about those who never heard about God. But those who did, and still reject Him, what is he going to do in heaven? Now, here's the interesting part. Nowhere in the Bible does it say or imply that God will torment him or allow him to be tormented in hell throughout eternity! It says that he will be destroyed in an instant, similar to what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah. Total annihilation. Eternal separation from God ; just as if he never existed. The punishment and its consequences are eternal. There is no eternal punishing.

Answer 5

God will not send you to eternal punishment, he is a god of love so get all that nonsense out of your head. God knows you and he knows the number of hairs on your head he loves you so dont you worry and don't let anyone frightened you.
Jesus knows what is in your heart you sound like a good person, If you are still worried ask Jesus to help sort out your problems for you and he will and God Bless. Talk to him when your in bed.

Answer 6

that sounds like what's proposed via many theists. @no1home2day: <> Now, to me, that's a ethical undertaking. it extremely is variety of a secure practices racket. settle for the 'possibility-unfastened practices' policies of X, or X will set up so which you're tortured via an underworld expert. If X is a Mafia don or a god, is there a huge difference indoors the morality of that? Now what policies? If I stay a particularly stable life, being a very good guy, etc, yet do now no longer even shop on with X, then in accordance to the believers of X, i flow to be sent to this underworld torturer. If, on the countless hand, I stay a a lot worse life, being propose or perhaps volatile to people, yet settle for the policies of X, then i do now no longer meet this torturer. So the reward/punishment variety of "sins" isn't approximately morality yet approximately adherence. If we utilized that concept between people, the situation X is a Mafioso, shall we regard that as immoral.

Answer 7

What do you think is the eternal search of the soul/spirit? It is to be with God. Separation from God is the eternal punishment. The consequences of this are supposed to be horrible beyond words and so it is called hell for want of a better word/concept. But true altruism, love, sharing and what ever things you consider positive and divine emanate from God and are sustained in His presence and in His absence they dwindle and become nil. That is hell.

Answer 8

God is not going to punish anyone by tormenting them for eternity. God will just put them out of existance so that their punishment is eternal. Forever gone. People who claim that God is going to punish people in a fiery Hell, neither know God nor love him. How can you claim to love God, then tell terrible lies about him, making him look cruel and unjust and turning people away from him. Know your facts.

Answer 9

You're right in saying that God is just and fair, however, put it this way...

In a court of law a murderer is found guilty. However, he says to the judge "I know you're a good, loving man, and therefore I don't believe you'll send me to jail."

However, it's precisely BECAUSE the judge is a just and fair judge that he will have to send him to jail. Although the judge doesn't want to see the murderer suffering and wasting their life in jail, the decision has already been made by the murderer's actions.

I wish you knew how much it hurts God to think that He has to send anyone at all to hell. Just so you know, in the bible, Jesus doesn't say to keep your faith to yourself - He specifically says "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation...", and many other similar things - because He doesn't want anyone to have to go to hell.

Answer 10

Notice how Catholicism, which threatens eternal punishment in hell, attracts an awful lot of people. Therefore, a threat of a little punishment must not be good enough for most people to fear enough.