RE: Jesus, Least Fit Moral Judge
January 23, 2013 at 3:49 am
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2013 at 3:50 am by Ryantology.)
(January 23, 2013 at 2:57 am)catfish Wrote: Ok, then by your reasoning, only those who accept Adam will die, right? You reject the OT stories, does that mean you're immortal then?
Unless I'm mistaken and that passage makes 'acceptance of Adam' a requirement for dying, I'd have to say that you have a poor grasp of my reasoning.
Quote:Do you have an alternative definition of "every" too? It seems pretty damn obvious that everyone will eventually accept "Jesus" according to the text...
No, it covers 'every' quite well by using context. It also appears to imply one of two interesting things.
1. Confessing that Christ is Lord is not the same thing as accepting him as savior. I can accept that he is what he says he is, and still refuse his salvation. It could also mean that God just wants to rub it in on those who snub him (which is completely befitting his character). So, this does not prove that hell is a finite sentence.
2. Confessing that Christ is Lord is the same thing as accepting him as savior, which may imply that a stay in hell is finite. Which makes the entire religion a giant farce; you're going to do it one way or another. You ultimately have no choice. So, the one single incentive to do it now is because God is a sadistic psychopath and in spite of being eternal, is apparently pressed for time (but also apparently not so much that he just can't make you kneel right now, but nobody sane thinks this shit makes any sense).
