(August 27, 2015 at 7:00 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(August 27, 2015 at 5:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The belief is that if you turn away from love/goodness (aka God), there is no where left to go except the only place where those things are not present. God is not present in Hell, and since we believe God is love/goodness, those things are not present in Hell and that's why Hell is so awful. Of course, if you are truly sorry, meaning if you don't reject those things, of course you will be forgiven.The biblical God routinely slaughtered people just because they didn't worship him. It didn't matter if they were good people without any blemishes. He wanted worship even if the people doing the worshipping were the scum of the Earth. Jesus said that he will burn all who don't believe in him. It doesn't matter if they are good people. An interesting thing in popular culture is the movies that show murderous gangsters going to church. God & Jesus love that.
My bold. I don't think this is the "God" most Christians believe in. When discerning what God is like, we look mostly to Jesus, His teachings, and the way He lived His life.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
