you can't impose anything. If someone wants to go they'll go. But most don't want to go they just don't see hope for a better life. Thing is: there's always hope for a better life, and typically the only thing holding them from it is themselves.
Any person in their right mind can find life worth living for one reason or another. Once you hit the point of no return you aren't fit to decide for yourself what you need, in my opinion. Its not so much about telling others how to live their lives like theists do, its about helping people hold on to their precious lives even when they see no value in it-- tomorrow, they might see the value of living and we all have weak moments. I'd consider someone who didn't fight for my life when I had not the will to fight for my own: amoral.
Any person in their right mind can find life worth living for one reason or another. Once you hit the point of no return you aren't fit to decide for yourself what you need, in my opinion. Its not so much about telling others how to live their lives like theists do, its about helping people hold on to their precious lives even when they see no value in it-- tomorrow, they might see the value of living and we all have weak moments. I'd consider someone who didn't fight for my life when I had not the will to fight for my own: amoral.
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.