(July 25, 2017 at 7:16 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:(July 25, 2017 at 3:18 pm)Astreja Wrote: *hug* You're not going to hell, GoneGuy. Trust that a truly good god would never put anyone through something like that, and that it's just a myth that was invented to scare people into the pews and loot their wallets.
Some people do deserve hell. They did some nasty, nasty things. Unspeakable harm to many humans.
Your eyes weren't scratched yet; in other words you didn't see.
Forgiveness and penalty are both used to benefit the system that uses them. Using both can be pictured as a sultan carrying a sword in the right hand, and a sack of golden coins in the left. With a belly dancer shaking her heart out for wanting the coins; and dodging the sword swings.
God's forgiveness and reward were hijacked by sultans. Christian salvation is nothing but a church-pushed guarantee that the dance shall continue without extra swings.
But even that hijack is an illusion.
If it were true then I would agree some people certainly do deserve hell.
Since I don't believe it's true then I just hope that the worst of humanity is removed from our ranks sooner than later, and that those who have died are simply as mortal as the rest of us.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
