Why I never was a Christian in the first place

[Drich]

A choice to do what?

This choice was illustrated perfectly in the garden. As with Adam and Eve we have a choice to either live with God for eternity or to be eternally seperated from Him and creation.

But according to your faith, you god made everyone so that they will automatically sin because of the Adam's decision in the garden. So Deist's point stands no matter how much you try to dance around it.

the reason pal-ie point fails is because God also provided attonemnt . It is the attonement that gives us the ability to choose.

Jesus respects us so much that we will be tortured for an eternity? How is that better?

you do understand the nature of respect right? It is a two way street. Jesus 'respected' you so much he gave you an oppertunity to return this 'respect.'

It sounds like an abusive, sociopathic spouse.

as apposed to what? A spouce who lies cheats and steals from her spouce? If we can't love our 'spouse' properly then our 'spouce' will seek a divorce, forcing us to make our own way apart from Him and His Father's riches and glory. Fore that is what Hell is. It is the absence of God and creation/The Father's glory and riches.

Isn't this like the old saying, The check is in the mail?

By the way, I hope you are doing well, Drich.

The funny thing about that old saying... Sometimes the check is indeed in the mail.

My diagnosis was push back to this Thursday because the 'team' hadn't all reviewed the test results last week.[/quote]