RE: What God's justification for eternal torment?
August 21, 2020 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2020 at 2:34 pm by Smaug.)
Here's another question: is eternal torture actually a punishment or rather an act of revenge?
Let's see. Punishment (whether it's effective or not) is something meant to correct a person's misbehaviour. With the exception of capital punishment which occurs when a society considers the offender to be too dangerous or irredeemable. The main point here is that in a healthy society a punishment is more of a pragmatic thing and not something driven by emotion.
Revenge, on the other hand, is an emotionally-driven act which is a result of a heavy loss or mental insecurity.
Abrahamic faiths claim that God is all-powerfull and he loves his creation. So what's the point of eternal torture in Hell then? If God is not so all-powerfull after all and he sees the mortal sinners as irredeemable and cannot correct them somehow then why not show some mercy and just disintegrate their souls? Why the sadistic eternal torture? It's definitely over-acting and not an act of a wise, loving creature.
Another related question: why is blasphemy a mortal sin? Does an all-powerfull, all-loving God feel insecure because of some infinitesimaly weak mortal calling him names or just disagreeing with him? Does it hurt him so badly that he finds it fitting to send such a person to eternal torture in Hell? Looks too much like an act of petty revenge of an insecure person desperate for constant positive recognition.
Let's see. Punishment (whether it's effective or not) is something meant to correct a person's misbehaviour. With the exception of capital punishment which occurs when a society considers the offender to be too dangerous or irredeemable. The main point here is that in a healthy society a punishment is more of a pragmatic thing and not something driven by emotion.
Revenge, on the other hand, is an emotionally-driven act which is a result of a heavy loss or mental insecurity.
Abrahamic faiths claim that God is all-powerfull and he loves his creation. So what's the point of eternal torture in Hell then? If God is not so all-powerfull after all and he sees the mortal sinners as irredeemable and cannot correct them somehow then why not show some mercy and just disintegrate their souls? Why the sadistic eternal torture? It's definitely over-acting and not an act of a wise, loving creature.
Another related question: why is blasphemy a mortal sin? Does an all-powerfull, all-loving God feel insecure because of some infinitesimaly weak mortal calling him names or just disagreeing with him? Does it hurt him so badly that he finds it fitting to send such a person to eternal torture in Hell? Looks too much like an act of petty revenge of an insecure person desperate for constant positive recognition.
