(June 13, 2016 at 1:40 am)Esquilax Wrote:(June 12, 2016 at 9:45 pm)SteveII Wrote: I just wanted to clarify. You don't go to hell for a sin or series of sins. You go to hell for one thing: you have rejected God.
... Which is a sin.
But I think you're being a little less than honest here, in that you're omitting the rationale behind all of that. You go to hell because god sacrificed himself for your sins, or so the story goes, and this exempts one from the punishment you're in for by default- because of all the sins- which is hell. That's how it goes in your storybook, anyway.
The question is, though: do you think your clarification resolves any of the problems I pointed out in my previous post? Is the situation made better by that? I can't imagine how.
I think the clarification is important because your argument is that for any petty, finite sin x, you go to infinite hell. While it is not reasonable that stealing a pack of gum should have infinite consequences, the rejection of God is a sum total of your life and since the relationship with God could be infinite, the rejection is the same.
