(June 5, 2015 at 5:08 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(June 5, 2015 at 4:43 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: [...]Well, which is it?
Does God, as Christians understand Him, judge harshly and send people who do not deserve it into hell for eternity?
Or is God merciful and allow people who do not deserve it into heaven?
First of all - there is no god. That's what atheists mostly go on about...
Secondly - why would you even think those are mutually exclusive options? Christian version of god is a crappy mythological figure created by bronze-age goat-herders, of course he gets it wrong on both accounts. He threatens eternal punishment for trivialities (like blasphemy, or premarital sex), while gives a loophole for clever sinners, to get into paradise, regardless of their crimes (except blasphemy against the holy spirit, apparently).
How are you able to judge what is trivial to God?
Isn't that just your opinion?
And if he gives a loophole, doesn't He give the same to everyone equally?