Punishment and correction are two very different things, write that down
Also I'd encourage you to revisit the last post of that thread link I gave you. Then think about what the ideal christian that your pastor would tell you about. Is it not someone who gives everything they have, mind body and materialistically to the lord? Arent there Christian missionaries that do the same thing only more radically than my family? Gods influence dictated my movements and dominated my thoughts and my outlook on the world. but isnt that what youre taught to do at church? I'd say yeah, my family had healthy boundaries issues and my dad is not well so our experiences were escalated as was our need for god for the mere fact that we were fighting his mental illness with prayers. Which is also what would be advised at your church, no? obviously they would recommend counseling. My parents went to christian counselors who told them that they were plagued by a family curse and encouraged my parents to exorcise it from their lives through prayer and that that was the reason for the marital discourse. thing is, this isnt limited to my parents experience, these are the beliefs of many devout christians. Just because you arent one of them doesnt make them or you less christian does it?
Also I'd encourage you to revisit the last post of that thread link I gave you. Then think about what the ideal christian that your pastor would tell you about. Is it not someone who gives everything they have, mind body and materialistically to the lord? Arent there Christian missionaries that do the same thing only more radically than my family? Gods influence dictated my movements and dominated my thoughts and my outlook on the world. but isnt that what youre taught to do at church? I'd say yeah, my family had healthy boundaries issues and my dad is not well so our experiences were escalated as was our need for god for the mere fact that we were fighting his mental illness with prayers. Which is also what would be advised at your church, no? obviously they would recommend counseling. My parents went to christian counselors who told them that they were plagued by a family curse and encouraged my parents to exorcise it from their lives through prayer and that that was the reason for the marital discourse. thing is, this isnt limited to my parents experience, these are the beliefs of many devout christians. Just because you arent one of them doesnt make them or you less christian does it?
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
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Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
