Originally posted by CalJustFinally, a voice of sanity.
Hi RO,
Please allow me to just chip in here for a second.
Your questions are valid and require an answer from the likes of josephw, RJH and others who believe that.
But for the record, there are many Christians who do NOT believe in a physical hell, nor a 7x24 hour creation week, nor a physical Noah's ark.
Just thought you'd like to know!
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Originally posted by Rank outsiderI could just die and cease to exist at all.
Ducking the question again, I see, and your feeble attempt to blame me for failing to understand makes me wonder why you bother come here if you cannot explain your position.
If your God exists, I will live an eternal life of torment.
I could just die and cease to exist at all.
Why does your God choose the former? What purpose does it serve? ...[text shortened]... eing that has created a universe on this basis when he could stop it with a snap of his fingers.
Some of us believe this is precisely what will happen after Judgement to those found unrighteous and those who are not found written in the book of life, i.e. the unrepentant and those who chose to reject God and His promise.
If your God exists, I will live an eternal life of torment.
I could just die and cease to exist at all.
Why does your God choose the former? What purpose does it serve?
God doesn't choose the former. There are men who *say* that He does. It serves to control people. John Calvin and his followers specialized in this kind of fear-mongering. Then there will also always be those kinds of men who think it's "righteous" to sit back on their supposed salvation and cheer for the eternal punishment of others, who they see as less righteous as they. They must believe it elevates their own righteousness to compare it with others who are "so unrighteous that they must be punished eternally".
I don't get this kind of sick thinking myself.
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Originally posted by SuzianneWhat the? I'm sure I saw a thread here, "Adieu". What changed Suzianne?
[b]I could just die and cease to exist at all.
Some of us believe this is precisely what will happen after Judgement to those found unrighteous and those who are not found written in the book of life, i.e. the unrepentant and those who chose to reject God and His promise.
If your God exists, I will live an eternal life of torment.
I could ju ...[text shortened]... ghteous that they must be punished eternally".
I don't get this kind of sick thinking myself.
