RE: 10 Arguments Against Hell
May 14, 2012 at 4:12 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2012 at 4:20 am by BethK.)
(May 2, 2012 at 12:27 pm)Cinjin Wrote: 1. Just punishment should fit the crime. Hell is eternal torture, the likes of which are hard for me to imagine a crime that would warrant it.
I've got what I think is a better argument on "the punishment should fit the crime". And, it does - or at least strives to - in any civilized country.
Here's the basic imbalance:
No matter what someone does while alive on earth, they can only do a finite number of evil deeds, and create a finite amount of damage and/or suffering. Even the "thought crimes" about worshipping "false gods" or not believing in or worshiping god, is only a finite evil. Within a human lifetime, anything they did they only did for a finite time.
Sending them to an eternal Hell for an eternal torture exceeds the amount of evil they did while on earth, the bad things they did on earth.
If God is a Just god, he would not punish someone in an unjust manner. Hence, God would never send anyone to Hell, as it is commonly believed in.
(May 10, 2012 at 3:41 am)Welsh cake Wrote: ]Well that's very un-Christian of you. You're not supposed to find the damnation of another amusing.
Actually, that is very "Christian" of him. One of the amusements or rewards of Heaven is to look down and watch the less-fortunate or rebellious souls suffer infintite punishment for an infinite amount of time. That is supposed to be very amusing.
I have to wonder about all of thse "good Christians" whose beliefs involve them being in heaven, worshiping God, seeing Jesus everyday in the streets of heaven, and watching others be tormented, unmoved to do anything about it. This seems like sheer evil calousness to me.
