If God is supposed to be the most loving and caring thing in the universe, why would he send sinners to hell? That doesn't sound very loving to me.... Is he predjuduse against sinners, does he only care about believers?
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I'm sure if you can remember to ask God this question on judgment day, He might say ohhh. Wow. Yeah. you got me there. Enter into the joy of the Lord. But then that will be between you and God.
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God has offered forgiveness to everyone.  The decision is now ours as to whether or not we accept this forgiveness.  If we don't accept it, is He supposed to force it on us?  No, He will simply honor our decision to turn that forgiveness down.\nYou brought up a point in your question.  You were making a statement that included "Jesus is the only person worth loving."  He is, of course, but the fact that God loves us even when we don't deserve it is a testament to that love.  Once again, however He won't force it on us.  He waits for us to accept this love and uses Christians to spread that love.
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Jesus always preached love. He never preached that anyone was exempt from his love, he especially didn't preach that one specific group was exempt from his love.\n\nI wish all you Christians would listen a little more to Jesus and a lot less to "the Church" and the parts of the Bible that fit in with your own opinions!\n\nJesus made a lot of sense. I'm an atheist, but I have a lot of respect for Jesus and everything he taught and stood for.
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Actually, the real question is, why would he have to rest on the 7th day?\nWhy would he have to communicate via a burning bush.\nWhy would he have to kill over and over (floods, plagues)\nWhy would he be upset at us for gaining knowledge of good and evil?\nWhy would he want us to be mindless sheep?\n\nThese are not things that, by definition, any god would ever have to do.
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Why would someone who doesn't believe in God want to go be with Him forever?!?!\nAny one who confesses Jesus Christ as their Lord & Savior and believes He is God & died on the Cross & rose from the dead can go to Heaven.  Yes, even people with low morals, I was one.
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God is perfect goodness. The cost for sinning just one time is eternity in hell. The only way to get forgiveness of sin is belief in the ONE pure sacrafice that God has given us. It's not something you have to bargain for, it's just there waiting for you to take it. If you are a good person, but don't have the sense to take salvation when it is offered so freely then it's your fault. God does not send anyone to hell, they send themselves by rejecting him. It is not his will that anyone should perish.
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I'm a Christian, first of all, and I believe in the existence of Heaven and Hell, but I completely agree with you.  I can't possibly understand how someone could ever be evil enough to, when faced with the reality of God and His presence, turn it away!  Even the worst of the worst -- all have mental problems, like Hitler or serial killers.  It seems like everyone would make it to Heaven.
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God IS Love! But as a whole, mankind has rejected God( and His love). \n\nGod DOES NOT send people to hell. He's not willing for ANY to perish. He's simply waiting for you to ask. Is that really so hard!
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God does care. He just lets you decide which one you are going to serve. God or Satan. He doesn't violate your will. \nWhosoever will let him come. If you serve God then you go to heaven. If you serve Satan then you go to hell. Hell is\nall fire. your soul burns for eternity. It never stops burning. People say it's too hot outside, but hellis way hotter. It's so hot flesh will desentigrate. Ihn heaven you\nhave your own mansion. There are streets of gold, gates of pearl, crystal clear waters, and angels dancing around the throne. Which place will you spend eternity? The choice is yours.
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God is all-powerful; he can turn water into wine and cure the blind. Heck, he created the whole universe. So what makes you think he can't change the text of the bible written by the misguided kings, warlords and other misguided beings who wrote the bible? \n\nAnd I love a God who punished people for the slightest sin as depicted in the infallible bible. So much for the all-forgiving God. \n\nThank you God for making us kill the very people who discovered that the glorious earth You created is not flat.\n\nThank you God for condemning me and 20 billions of soul into hell for being misguided by satan you created. I would rather sit in hell then to be in heaven thinking about all the people suffering in hell, esp my loved ones and the people in the jungles of the third world who has not even heard of You or people who were brought up being a jew, muslim, hindu etc. For that reason, even if He does exist and offers me a place in heaven, i'd say no thanks because it wouldn't be much better in heaven either.
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More importantly, and I suspect this is what you're getting at, why would a god who wants worship set himself up to be totally illogical and irrational? I think that if there was a god controlling it all, we'd be somehow predispositioned to believing in him, rather than having to ignore all logic and reason just to get into heaven.
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Thank You, asking me that question...finally someone who begins to think. -\n\nwhat would such a God do with all that criminals and Idiots millions of ill and sic people, after a short life of only 70 - 80 years in so called Heaven? - And nobody will get a second Chance, to repair what he has done on Earth ? That must be a complete Idiot of a God, people probably Christians are believing in. And on the latest day all the cadavers are coming out of the earth to sit on the right side of god...what a scenario from a Horror movie...\n\nThank God it is different.\nWe are living to learn and to grow in our consciousness. Millions of lives, in different Cultures, different sex, different skin coulours, different religions, we are coming again and a agin till we are perfect.
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God is Loving, God is All-Powerful, and yet He allows suffering.  Since the Fall of Adam, sin and death have been in the world.  Until the new earth (Rev 21:4) when 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain', it will be so. \n\nAs others mentioned, the climatic picture of His Son's suffering for the elect is a stirring reminder that He controls all things, that God's Son Suffered at the hand of His Father who was pleased to crush Him (Is 53), that God Himself endured the worst pain of all time, and used that public display to define love: 1John4:9-10 'This is love : not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins'.\n\nGod is most glorified when we are most dependent on Him, so He weans us from the many things that displace Him in our lives.  That is love.  Love divine, all loves excelling (hymned Wesley), the romance of Biblical Christianity.\n\nRom 8:28-29  'And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.'
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What sort of all-powerful god would make disabled people in the first place? Most will say mentally disabled people go to heaven, but, does that make sense? If it is so, then why would god not make everyone mentally disabled so they all go to heaven? It appears that the brighter people are, the sooner they go to hell. Popular theology is not wisdom, it's nonsense.
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First, being a Christian = being a sinner!\n\nSo, true Christians don't really say they are better than others, just compassionate enough to dialog about GOD. Condemning is GOD's job as the the judge of his creation.\n\nGod is Loving, Merciful, but Just!\n\nHe loves his creation, which means he loves you!\n\nHe is merciful, so for you he sent Jesus to pay for your sins and transgressions! Is it harder to cry about GOD creating hell or to accept his simple plan for redemption. \n\nAccept that GOD loves you! He was merciful to pay for your short comings and hell will not exist for you!\n\nHowever, in the end GOD is a Just GOD!\n\nYou have the choice! You don't have to be perfect, Just accept a perfect GOD!\n\nYou are not a dog, you have a choice! If you say screw you GOD, God loves you enough to Honor your choice! \n \nYou want to be rewarded for doing good! What about when you are bad! Should you not have to answer for how you treat others! Justice says yes! \n\nI hope and pray everyone will accept Jesus and Hell will be empty, But I am glad GOD is Just.
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GodShew, could you please enlighten me (and hopefully other Christians) as to what Bible you are referring to when you come up with your questions/answers/comments. Sometimes you Bless ppl in the name of God, and sometimes it almost seems as though you are cursing His Word. Although this comment may seem offensive to you, that is not what I want to accomplish. I just truly want to know, where do you stand on the TRUE Word of God?\n\nWhy do you sometimes speak in "code?" If demons are putting this in your head, you are responsible for rebuking them. Since you know SOME truths about God's Word (even though many times you twist it, as is a characteristic of Satan and his demons), you are responsible for your actions, as it is my responsibility as a Christian to tell you that.
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If there really were a perfect and supreme being, would it really make sense that he would give a rat's ass about being worshiped?  Ancient men thought of god according to the only precedent they knew for authority figures; petty narcissistic tyrants.  That's why the god of the Old Testament is a petty narcissistic tyrant.\n\nWhy would a perfect and supreme being care about "sin" either?  It makes no sense for a perfect being to "care" about anything at all.  To care implies you are not already self sufficient and something external to you is required for fulfillment.