Originally posted by buckky
If someone holds a gun to my head and says worship me or I will blow your head off I might do it out of fear, but is that what religion or God suppose to be like ? The whole idea of you must become a Christian or you will be punished for an eternity sounds like cruel and unusual punishment, and would considered savage by any civilized personage. When you offe ...[text shortened]... you have just stepped back in time to the stone age. Primitive concept of God to say the least.
God gave you the free will to either love and obey him or hate and
disobey him. You chose to hate and disobey him because you did
not think it was fair that you could not do anything you wanted to.
But a father has to punish his child for disobedience else he will
always be bad. But all you have to do is return and love and obey
your heavenly Father God, who has adopted you; and He will forgive
you. And you want even have to receive the punishment you deserve,
because His only begotten Son has volunteered to take your punishment
for you. So you need only accept this free gift and repent.