(August 16, 2020 at 7:17 pm)snowtracks Wrote: Everyone determines by choice if they want to have eternity with connection or separation from God.
God’s nature doesn’t allow for torture, torment; if anyone experiences that, it's entirely self-imposed. ‘Burn' is symbolic of what separation from God is liken to.*
*2 Thess 1:9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power.
Wrong! My beliefs are not a choice. They are involuntary and open ended, based upon a fair examination of available evidence. Thus far, I have seen no convincing evidence of arguments that ANY gods exist. Prove that your God exists and that the Bible is true. THEN we can discuss heaven and hell.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)