(May 4, 2011 at 8:38 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:(May 4, 2011 at 4:28 am)tackattack Wrote: I honestly don't even see a correlation with blackmail at all, you must be a really good absurdist, because any correlation to blackmail would be absurd.
OK, let me try to explain it then.
Imagine someone saying "love me and serve me or I will kill you."
That's what Jesus is saying. If we don't love, serve and accept him as lord, Jesus will toss us into a lake of fire which is the second death.
Clear?
That's not what Christ says, He says, I love you enough so you can choose to love me or choose to reject me and I will honor your decision by allowing you to live eternally in heaven or hell. Jesus would never force one to live with Him in heaven if that person desires not to be there with Him, that would be torture.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
