RE: What is the purpose of an everlasting punishment in hell?
December 2, 2011 at 2:07 am
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2011 at 2:08 am by Mystic.)
(November 30, 2011 at 2:52 pm)Egor Wrote: His mercy is shown by sending His Son, Jesus Christ. Those who believe, are saved, those who don't, aren't. Of course that implies a conscious choice to reject Jesus Christ.
I personally can't see it as a mercy to punish people if they don't believe in a certain doctrine. Without Jesus Christ, and without hearing of Christianity, non-Christians you say have a chance of making into paradise.
Yet hearing of Christianity and being unconvinced of it, will put them in hell.
I hardly call that mercy.
Jesus Christ is a mercy simply to Christians while is a curse for all those whom don't believe in him.
I don't see how it's merciful to just have mercy on people whom believe in a certain doctrine while torture those whom disbelieve in that doctrine.
That hardly seems like a merciful character to me.
If Christianity wasn't there, people whom would reject Christianity would have a chance of making into paradise.
I also don't understand the concept that God can be merciful towards Christians, but not towards those whom reject Christianity, because he has to exact justice. If he has to be just and exact justice on people, then he can't be merciful towards Christians. If he can be merciful towards christians, he can merciful to rest of humans, without Jesus Sacrifice. Also the concept that God forgives others sins because of a sacrifice of his son/himself, hardly makes sense... it makes him highly illogical and barbaric.
