(July 9, 2012 at 12:28 am)Drich Wrote:(July 8, 2012 at 11:14 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: I think you misunderstood my question. There are people in the world that because of their circumstances never get to experience this agape love. It's a given that they are going to hell and it was out of their control. That is unjust.Perhaps you did not understand my answer; "How do you know they are going to Hell?" Hebrews 4:11 seems to say judgement of Hell is reserved for the "Word of God/Jesus" and not to the practioniers of one specific brand of Chriistianity.
Because Jesus himself said faith in him was needed for salvation.
Drich Wrote:Quote:I meant it is quite evil that God would breathe life into a creation and never give it a chance to make it to heaven.Again How is it you think you are privy to all aspects of God's judgement? The only way to make this assertion is if you judge from a righteousness apart from God's stated righteousness. For, In God's stated righteousness Christ or the Word of God will rightly divide the sum total of our live and weigh it completely against our exposure to the gospel, and then make a decision, or rather anounce the decision we have made in our hearts.
Divine Command Theory is flawed. God could say 'slay everything in sight' and you would be forced to do that, independent of your own feelings of whether that's right or not.
Because I'm a cause of evolution I see morals as the extension of the basics that animals depend on to survive. I don't need a deity to tell me murder is wrong. I can derive that for myself. In saying this, I believe I can say it is wrong to create something with the apparent intention of never giving it a chance to live eternally. It's cruel.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle