If God is so good why did he create Hell?

Question

Dont just say 'to punish the sinners' because that isnt good enough, remember he loves sinners. I wouldnt send anyone i love to hell.

i cant be bothered to read your 100000000 word essay answers

So when I swear, that is evil hmm?

Answer 1

While Christians affirm unequivocally that God is essentially good and loving, it must be emphasized that complementary to these attributes is the characteristic of justice. A loving being that ignored evil or that treated bad acts and good acts equally would not be good. Hence, if God is good, then God is also just - he must treat evil as evil. So, if any creatures merited the existence of hell, then God could remain essentially good and loving by giving them justice, even if that means sending some creatures to hell.

Another misconception has to do with how one is "sent" to hell. Often objectors claim that God randomly picks people to be damned as if on a whim. Additionally, they envision that the one sent to hell is absolutely innocent in the matter and had nothing to do with the outcome. On the contrary, Christians have long held that hell is a choice that is made by the one who arrives there (e.g., in Matt. 7:13-14 Jesus says those who choose the broad path walk to destruction). Essentially, then, God does not send people to hell. Rather, people send themselves.

A final misconception about hell is that it is a place of physical torment and torture. Rather, most Christians have understood these descriptions to capture symbolically that hell is final and utter separation from God's saving grace. Some Christians, like C. S. Lewis, take hell to be a real place where sinful people make themselves miserable. Similarly, thinking of heaven as a place of hedonistic pleasures is wrongheaded as well. In fact, those who choose hell would not enjoy the pleasures of heaven since those pleasures essentially flow from a right relationship with God.

Answer 2

God is good. God created hell because man turned against him.

Answer 3

God created hell originally for His fallen angels. He made man to live forever but that all changed when Adam himself fell from God's grace.

God sends no one to hell. All those that end up in hell do so becuse they rejected THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF SALVATION!

I'm not kidding:

REPENT AND BE SAVED!

Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Answer 4

The Christian idea is that God created us to be united with Him in a supernatural communion (or fellowship) of love. God Himself is our only goal. Heaven is just a place where those who want will be united with Him. We are contingent beings; we are unable to have life outside of Him just like a tree branch has no life apart from the tree.

We want to be independent of God yet still have our being but that, I think, is not possible. We either are united with Him or we lose our very being.

But if we truly and finally reject God, something will happen and that we call hell. I don't think we can fathom what hell is and I don't want to experience it but it is our choice.

Answer 5

God is so good and he did create Hell for Satan
Mt. 25:41.

Answer 6

The concept of "hell" as most people would describe it DOES NOT EXIST! It is based on Greek mythological place called "Hades." GOD does love sinners. HE will prepare a "lake of fire" mentioned in Revelation 20. However, that is in the future. Also, HE does NOT plan on torturing sinners for all eternity. Where is the justice in that?

I am a Christian. I believe the Bible. However, misunderstood verses and a long standing traditional mentality do not make for good arguments.

http://www.helltruth.com/

GOD bless

Answer 7

He did not create it, we did.

Answer 8

james is right. punishment...