Quote:John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."Which is the semantic equivalent of saying that those who don't believe in Jesus will perish and not have eternal life. If God holds out the reward of eternal life to believers, and withholds it from non-believers, that qualifies as a punishment.
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