(June 3, 2015 at 4:13 pm)Losty Wrote:(June 3, 2015 at 2:02 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Were you abused as a child? Man...my parents never threatened me with "horrible threats of hell". Instead, they explained why God had sent his Son Jesus to die on the cross so that none who believe in Him might perish but have everlasting life.
What kind of a warped caricature do you envision when you think of a group of Christians getting together on a Sunday morning for services? Are people there out of fear, out of obedience, or out of love?
Lol. Your naetivity is almost adorable. My parents often threatened me with horrible threats of hell among other more immediate and terriifying things. I don't need to envision a warped caricature of Sunday morning services. I can't tell you why the others went but I had no choice. If was warped for sure but those are real memories. You must be completely blind to scoff at the idea of such things.
It is really a bait and switch thing he has going on. He is trying to tell you that God is love or some other such bullshit, pretending that there is no mention of hell in the Bible, or in Catholic theology.
Teaching children about hell is threatening them with it. It is telling one's children if they screw things up, that is where they will end up. Pretending otherwise is just dishonest.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
