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God created Hell a place to suffer for all eternity if you don't follow a particular set of rules.
God created Satan, Satan created temptation, temptation leads to evil. Evil leads to Hell.
God created humanity with the option to choose one of the two of the paths He created.
God loves humanity, Accordingly God will ensure more than 60% of his loved ones burn in the fires of Hell.
In all actuality, Ghandi is probably going to roast in Hell

Are these correct or incorrect statements? Which ones are correct

2007-09-07 18:09:20 · 13 answers · asked by Cavor 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

13 answers

I will answer below in **

God created Hell a place to suffer for all eternity if you don't follow a particular set of rules.

**: True... but only for those who are accountable and knowingly rebel against God and His commandments. This does not apply to innocent infants, children or ignorant adults.

God created Satan, Satan created temptation, temptation leads to evil. Evil leads to Hell.

**False... God created angels that apparently had free will agency to choose good or evil. The angel Lucifer chose evil and was cast out of heaven becoming miserable, who then sought the misery of all mankind. Many angels followed Lucifer and became his evil agents. These tempt man to sin, which if they give in can lead to hell. Hell is more of an endless burning of guilt and shame that people will have when they face God at the judgment day and see their own filthiness, selfishness and how they rebelled against God even after what Jesus did for them.

God created humanity with the option to choose one of the two of the paths He created.

**Correct

God loves humanity, Accordingly God will ensure more than 60% of his loved ones burn in the fires of Hell.

**God loves humanity and sent his Son to die on the cross so that we have the CHANCE to repent and be saved. That does not mean all will take hold of that opportunity. Many will rebel in unbelief. It is true the scriptures teach that man shall take the broad way that leads to destruction while only a few will take the narrow way that leads to salvation. That is not God's fault or desire whatsoever... it is our choice. We are not preprogrammed droids with no ability to change our fate. If we fall... we only have ourselves to blame.

In all actuality, Ghandi is probably going to roast in Hell

** I have no idea... I am not Ghandi's judge. We are to judge works, not whether somebody will go to hell or not.

2007-09-07 18:39:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

1) Incorrect. The Bible uses allegorical terminology to describe hell, describes it as temporary, and advocates the salvation of all (universalism). This view was also endorsed by prominant Church Fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa and Origen, and is still the dominant view among Orthodox theologians (2nd largest denomination in the world).

2) Incorrect. There is no Biblical evidence that any such being as 'satan' ever existed. In Hebrew, 'satan' is not a proper name in the first place. In fact, the Angel of the Lord is called "satan" in the Old Testament, and even God himself is called "satan." The word simply means "adversary."

3) Correct. Humanity can choose. Without going into too much detail, this has always been the opinion of the Christian Church. The only exceptions are the monoenergists and hyper-Calvinists, neither of which were ever mainstream.

4) Correct. See #1.

5) Incorrect. The Bible and the Church Fathers make salvation dependent on works, intention, and faith in immortality, not doctrinal orthodoxy. If Ghandi was a good man with good intentions and faith in immortality, then he won't "roast in hell." Also see #1.

2007-09-07 18:27:56 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0 1

1. All people are sinners. Heaven is for those who receive God's forgiveness. Hell is for those who don't. It's not about being perfect or following rules, since no one can do that perfectly. It's about forgiveness through Christ.

2. I'd say that one is pretty close.

3. I'd say that one is good, too.

4. I'm not convinced God's forgivenes doesn't extend to non-Christians, too.

5. On the basis of good deeds, Ghandi (like everyone else) is an imperfect sinner. So, yeah. However, we established in #1 that Heaven/Hell is not about behavior but about forgiveness (no, that doesn't mean you can act however you want... but that's a whole different discussion). And we established in #4 that God's forgiveness may extend universally. So, that Ghandi is going to roast in Hell remains to be seen.

That's the best I can do.

2007-09-07 18:18:54 · answer #3 · answered by Keep On Trucking 4 · 0 1

1. incorrect (in my opinion)...I don't think hell is a place that God created to punish sin. I think hell just is...it isn't a place, it is more accurately described as a state of being. Hell is the nothingness that follows death...existence as a disembodied "soul" (life form) separated from all our resources for perceiving our environment. ...and Revelation makes it clear that hell and death will be cast into a lake of fire...a lake of fire wouldn't preserve something for eternity, it would consume it.

2. False...if God created Satan (and I'm not convinced he wasn't just with God from the beginning), then Satan's rebellion caused him to be cast our of God's "plane of existence" and onto the earth. Satan wants nothing more than to get back at God...what better way that to turn the children he loves against him and then kill them. He tempts them, they follow him and lose sight of God...this leads to death without the gifts God wants us to have so we can perceive his home and escape the torture of being trapped in a dark void.

3. sort of...God created people to follow his path but gave them the option of choosing their own path. He loved his creation enough to want them to love him back and true love is always a choice not an obligation. Yes, God knew where both choices would lead but left it up to them to decide...we are all a product of that decision.

4. incorrect...first off, some estimates would put the number at closer to 90% while others would put it at less than half...I don't think it is possible for any of us to possibly know the precise number of people that won't be saved. More importantly, why does it have to be that God is ensuring that more than X% go to hell...would it also be accurate to say that he saved 1-X% of the world from certain death? If a person risked (or even gave) his own life to try to save children trapped in a submerged school bus would you condemn him for the 20 he couldn't save or praise him for the 2 (or 3 or 4) that he did save?

I would not presume to judge the soul of another human...that's God's job...only he has the wisdom to determine if a soul has the "nature" it needs to survive within the boundaries (natural laws) of his home.

2007-09-07 18:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by KAL 7 · 0 0

Dear John. Excuse me, but your reasoning is more similar to sophistry. It has a lack of logic. So that to understand the truth of God you need to apply another approach. Leave alone Gandhi or has he offended you in some way ? Every man need to think so that he himself would not go to roast in Hell.
If you love simple formulas, try to think of this. All people are sinful, beginning from Adam and Eve and have lost relationship with God. God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son Jesus to save the world trough Him. Everyone who believe in the Lord Jesus receive salvation into eternal life, but it is not everything. The life of man changes for the better in this world.
I wish you to draw near to understanding of the truth of God and would be glad to answer other your question if you will want to ask.

2007-09-07 19:07:47 · answer #5 · answered by georsh50 3 · 0 0

God did create Satan but at the time his mane was Lucifer. He was the most beautiful angle in heaven but he had a idea that he thought that he should be above God.
He also created man and woman. He Created them both perfect and holy. God put the two human in the Garden of Eden. There was two trees in the middle of the garden one was the Tree of Life and the other was the Tree of Knowledge. He told them not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. For on the day that they ate from it they would surely die. That death was a spiritual death but they would die physically latter. They did eat from the Tree of Knowledge. After Lucifer temped them. God booted them out of the Garden of Eden for two reasons. One they disobeyed him and the other was to keep them from the Tree of Life. God did not create man so they could go to hell. He left that Choice up to each individual. He would much rather have everyone in heaven with him; but he is not going to force himself on to any one. Also it not by what you do to get to heaven. But the relationship you have with Christ Jesus.

2007-09-07 18:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by DALE M 4 · 0 0

Incorrect.

Probably the whole lot. Sounds like a child's play. There is probably a whole lot of misinsterpretation in there. Who am I to stomp on other people's beliefs though? This is just my opinion. I still believe in a God or some gods.

2007-09-07 18:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by Atlas 6 · 3 0

in spite of the incontrovertible fact that the human race is purely 6000 years old. Wanna instruct the bible incorrect? Then purely supply data of civilization in the previous 4000 B.C. - Tiahunaco, Gobekli Tepi, Mohenjo Daro, Sachahuana, and a dozen different web content that flow decrease back 15,000 years or extra.

2016-12-16 14:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

"God created Satan, Satan created temptation, temptation leads to evil. Evil leads to Hell.
God created humanity with the option to choose one of the two of the paths He created."

Those are false, god created temptation, and satan gave us the option of choosing good or evil.

2007-09-07 18:18:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

Word games, semantics and attempts to confuse won't change the reality of the covenant of the New Testament.

I, for one, would certainly be more than willing to discuss this AFTER you've taken the time to read the New Testament.

2007-09-07 18:18:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 3

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