Horrible things in the bible

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='Jenny A' pid='770598' dateline='1412905825']

Don't ask me what I'm doing wrong here, but THESE QUOTES ARE ALL FROM JENNY A!

You may accept the idea of eternal torment for any crime, let alone the ones most people commit, but that doesn't make it remotely just.

Ok. You and I feel differently. I want to say that hell is not eternal, but I'm still in the process of studying everything I can find in the bible relating to the issue and I can't seem to come final agreement in my own mind. Throughout history, there's been christians with opinions on both sides.

It's not analogous. If you father said he'd fine your brother the $1000 and give it to me it'd be more like it. But we aren't talking about commuting a fine here are we? We are talking about something rather worse than the death penalty. There are good reasons why a court would let you pay your brother's fine, but not let you serve his prison term for him.

So what? Why do we have to have an analogy? God the Father accepted the sacrifice of his son as atonement for us. That's all that matters.

But are the rules just? They don't appear remotely just to me.

Again, we have different opinions.

---- It isn't saying it gave you free will to not pay your taxes. Do you think Al Capone deserved what he got? I do. And they didn't torture him at all let alone for eternity.

We still have the freedom not to pay our taxes, but if we don't, we pay the penalty.

Suppose a man leads an otherwise blameless life yet believes in Shiva not Jesus. Is an eternal sentence just?

Depends on whether or not he was able to hear and understand the gospel. I believe the one who truly seeks God will find him. He may not know how to say "Jesus", but he will know his own relationship with God and will follow him as best he knows.

-----And if you are going to quote me, please quote me. K?

Sorry Jenny. Sometimes I mess up on deleting stuff[/php] and quote marks.