(April 27, 2014 at 4:48 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(April 27, 2014 at 4:32 pm)Stephanie Wrote: Atheists why won't you realize God allows you to CHOOSE to go to hell? He gives everyone free will to make whatever decision they so desire. Therefore he allows you to not believe in him and choose eternal damnation. God is all loving, he hates to see his children go to hell, yet for us to truly feel any happiness evil must exist and we must be allowed to choose it over good. Otherwise we would be mindless robots, not capable of joy or sadness. God gave us the greatest gift imaginable, use it as you will. And please choose God's free love gift.
Thanks Steph. I'm not sure what kind of hell you personally believe in, but I sometimes wonder why the only other option we're given is sometimes described as unending burning torture. I also sometimes wonder if Mary and Jesus actually had free will, since they were sinless. Or if people have free will in Heaven, since that's also a place without sin. Those are the kinds of questions that come to mind when people bring up free will when trying to explain why people sin.
Christianity doesn't seem to be as clear cut as the believers want people like me to believe it is. I guess that's just my disconnection with Jesus talking.
It is the only other option because if you deny God the only thing remaining is pure evil. hell. Mary was not sinless, she was a human being like the rest of us. As for Jesus, he was litterally God. If God has free will is a whole other debate. And we will have free will in heaven, a true believer would not sin there.
It is clear cut, you simply need to open your heart to it.
