RE: 10 Questions Biblical Literalists Cannot Honestly Answer
June 27, 2017 at 10:27 am
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2017 at 10:28 am by John V.)
(June 26, 2017 at 4:53 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:alpha male Wrote:Suffering isn't bad if it leads to something good. People voluntarily take on suffering all the time. In this case, temporary suffering provides a deeper relationship with God, and that is eternal.
Pretty sure I read somewhere that God deals in eternal suffering as well as eternal reward. How is suffering in hell good? If you're a universalist, I withdraw the question.
Yes, he deals in eternal suffering as well, but we were talking about those whom God loves. For them, suffering leads to a greater good. I never said that the eternal suffering of the condemned leads to good.
(June 26, 2017 at 4:57 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I'm sure there is a large section in heaven, bleachers if you will, where there is a good view of the depredations of hell.
It would have to be a popular venue for entertainment. Doling out inequity and the wages of sin. Just fulfilling the contract.
No schadenfreude, of course.
See Ezek 33:11. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Pretty sure we'll have better things to do.
