(August 3, 2011 at 2:58 am)Godschild Wrote: It's totally self imposed, you make the choice not God, He gives you what you ask for. Why is it you can not see that. That is a thought not a question. As for the punishment one will torment themselves with a hatred for God that goes beyond anything you can imagine.
What you fail to realize is that god is committing extortion for your beliefs.
Would you love god as much if he didn't send people to hell for not believing in him? If the answer is no, then you are afraid of him. If the answer is yes, then what is the purpose of hell beyond punishment and placation of god's ego?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell