Quote:Why we don't believe in God is (usually) because there is absolutely no evidence indicating such a being exists
I have never understood that. Just because YOU dont believe in God doesnt mean He doesnt exist, it doesnt make sense.
Quote:Hell is eternal because eternal is the only scary big word the yokel apostles knew?
Actually, they most likely didnt believe in an afterlife. The after life idea came about 150 years before Christ. All a Jew knew is that the dead go to sheol...
In Act we read Paul makes a large dispute between people who believe in an after life and those who dont...
The idea of eternal hell is not biblical, neither is it logical...
Christians today long for heaven, early Christians longed for the resurrection, Jesus's second coming...
Its ok to have doubt, just dont let that doubt become the answers.
You dont hate God, you hate the church game.
"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed." Saint Augustine
Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. -Martin H. Fischer
You dont hate God, you hate the church game.
"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed." Saint Augustine
Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. -Martin H. Fischer