RE: Hell and imperfections in the universe
October 19, 2013 at 4:17 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2013 at 4:18 pm by Sword of Christ.)
(October 19, 2013 at 2:21 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Do you not believe that apostasy is the one unforgivable sin?
That would be Islam wouldn't it?
Quote: Did Yahweh create hell?
You should be glad he did, unless you want to spend eternity with child rapists or whatever. Mind you even they would be forgiven if they sincerely repented and were genuinely sorry about what they did.
Quote:Do you not believe that Yahweh sends people to hell?
I'd say they send themselves there by destroying their own soul/connection with the divine and the collective inner good of humanity. I think you have to do a bit more than be ignorant or misguided concerning the existence or nature of God though.
Your society, culture, friends, family, the media, Youtube videos, New Atheist books, people/scientists you respect as the authority have told you God is a myth or whatever so I probably won't be able to convince of anything. You may get a chance to accept Gods grace after you die perhaps. It's still a shame you won't have a knowing relationship with God in this life though.
Quote: Isn't apostasy a sin that gets people sent to hell?
Not accepting Gods grace/repenting your sin means you will have to carry the full weight of it and sin separates you from God. A full separation is hell. I'm sure that won't happen to you though.
Quote:If you do not believe the above, what do you believe?
I think I described it well enough, I recommending what C.S Lewis and Timothy Keller have to say on the subject of hell. Don't worry about what Christopher Hitchen's the religious fundamentalists say about it.
If you don't like the idea of hell then you don't like the idea of prisons or a justice system either.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.