Will Humans Have Freewill in Heaven?

[Randy Carson]

Why do you assume that God would "sadistically enjoy" the fact that people are in hell?

Your posts and threads are interesting, Rhonda. Some people ask questions because they are looking for genuine answers. You ask questions because you want to make rhetorical points.

But in doing so, you continually reveal that your understanding of God and knowledge scripture and theology to be woefully deficient. It's not that you actually know what you're talking about and have disagreements or different interpretations...you simply have really screwed up ideas that result from real ignorance.

Have you ever actually read any decent books on theology or scripture? Or are you just cobbling all this together based upon your own ideas and those taken from atheist websites and forums?

Psalm 2:4
The one who sits in Heaven laughs: the lord shall hold them in derision.

The people god will laugh at are the nations who want to break the chains and shackles he has placed on them. The chapter goes on to say that he will come at them with his fury making it sound very much like the people in Revelations 14, people whose only “sin” was wanting to live a free life and refusing the chains the Church wanted to put on them.

Again, you insert small bits here and there to twist the meaning of the scriptures to what you want them to say.

The people DO want to break the chains which they perceive to have them in bondage. And what are those "chains", Rhonda? God's commands not to sin in ways that are repugnant to Him. The nations want to engage in their adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, lying, cheating, stealing, etc. They want to do what they want to do when they want to do, and they don't want anyone stopping them. To this, God says, "No".

But you throw "the Church" into the equation when it was NOT in the original passage because YOU have a problem with the Church. The Church doesn't put chains on people, Rhonda. The Church IS the people. It's me, Catholic_Lady and a few billion other people some of whom are now in God's presence. WE are the Church.

My understanding of god is based on what he says about himself not what some Christian apologist like Atkins has to say. And my understanding of Christian history is based on what Christians have done throughout history

Akin. Not "Atkins". His name is Jimmy Akin. And if you had read more of what Akin has to say, you would be wiser for it.

You see, your "understanding" is not REALLY based on what God says about Himself. It's based on your very flawed interpretation of what God has to say about Himself. As Benjamin Franklin said, "He who teaches himself has a fool for a master."

You would benefit from finding a better teacher.