The fact that he is all-loving would mean he'd want us to go to heaven. Thus, he should make it obvious. If he's prepared to give religious experiences to some people, why not to all?
As for free will, I am probably in the compatibilist camp. There are good reasons to doubt free will, but hard determinism is self-refuting, for nobody could rationally decide that hard determinism was true if it were true, as their decision would be decided by non-rational factors.
As for free will, I am probably in the compatibilist camp. There are good reasons to doubt free will, but hard determinism is self-refuting, for nobody could rationally decide that hard determinism was true if it were true, as their decision would be decided by non-rational factors.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
