(August 9, 2013 at 3:54 pm)Godschild Wrote: God doesn't threaten you,
Philippians 2:12, 'Work out your salvation with fear and trembling'
Combining 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and Hebrews 12:1-12, we see that God does rebuke, correct, train, teach, punish, and discipline.
But this one is my favorite:
Matthew 26:52-54 ESV
'Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”'
GC Wrote:nor does He torture you,
Hell is eternal torture. To reject Christ is to submit to this torture. Constantly having the fear of hell on your mind is torture for your entire life.
BTW, Revelations is an entire book about torture at the hands of God.
GC Wrote:you are born to the destination of hell, just as everyone else is. God does offer a way to change that destination, the offer is to all, and those who accept it will have their destination changed.
Your god is an asshole since all those without a chance to hear his words are doomed. He is, therefore, torturing them for no good reason. Babies are all doomed, for they weren't old enough to accept him.