If God made the rules, isn't it wrong to not give him credit for sending people to hell?
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God did not invent hell.  Catholics did.  The original term for hell in early early old testament was not burning in a lake of fire, it was being sent from the presence of god for all eternity, (a true hell in itself)  The final rule of dogmatic law also stated that whatever men (popes) hold true on earth, god will hold true in heaven.  So the lake of fire was born.  (Matthew 18:18; Matthew 18:19 for you doubters)\n\nPlease Christians note:  I never said there was no god or no hell, only that it was invented by the Pope.
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God has His reasons, and that is sufficient for me.Whether we go to heaven, or to hell is largely dependent on how we act in this life. If we go to hell, it is our own doing, no one elses.
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No, I don't.\n\nI am not God, the searcher of human hearts and the ultimate judge of all people. So I refrain from even pretending to know where anyone--including myself--will spend eternity. I am familiar with God's main requirement for entry into heaven--but it is in the other points of Christian theology that I am uncertain...and rightfully so.\n\nIf other Christians are saying literally, "You are [or someone else is] going to Hell," they are self-righteous and prideful, and God will bring them to account as well. How, only he knows--but rest assured that such an offense, the one of imagining oneself sitting on God's throne, will not be overlooked by the almighty.
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The creation of Hell was never meant to contain any of mankind.  To go there is strictly your choice. \nThe question is always this..\nWhy would a loving God send me to hell?\nBut rather the question should be...\nWhy would you be a fool to reject something so simple as to condemn yourself and allow yourself to go there because of your rebelliousness.
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The concept of sin was made up to control people. 'If people don't stop doing it when I tell them to, maybe they will when God tells them.'\n\n\nThere's no such thing as mistakes or failure, only feedback.
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Hi Gorgeous,\n\nYou just did a straw man argument.  Hell is a Christian theological concept.  In fact, it is generally a new testament concept.  It is impossible to discuss it without referring to how it came to be defined.  I’ll do my best to minimize any references and use reason and common sense. \n\nA common religious and cultural concept is “punishment” for bad people.  I think it is a just concept.  Buddha say, if you are bad, you will have bad karma in your next life.  Bad Karma is hell.   The Greek Gods had Hades, in the underworld.  \n\nOr, Jesus says, Good = love God (faith) and love others as yourself (action).   “ON THESE 2 COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS”.  (Read Matt 22:34-40).   So Ted says, if you read something that contradicts this, then check your premises, you will find one is wrong.  Everything in the bible has to (it must) logically align with this statement.  So, what is the interpretation basis to align with this one statement?  That’s a longer answer, and not part of your question.  \n\nHowever, what is the GOOD that will be the basis of judgment?  Most people say, “got to have faith”.  What is faith?  They then start prescribing rules and beliefs.  Now can you prove that these rules and beliefs 100% align with loving God?  Not usually.  There are many main religions, and then 100’s of sects.  Carl Jung says, “The shoe that fits one person, pinches another.”  So I also am skeptical.    \n\nNow do not forget this one dynamic of human nature that exists.  A religion (versus personal belief in God), as any and all organizations, always tries to grow and sustain itself.  It is pure human nature, in fact, it is good, for without it there would not be progress.  As for all human organizations, belief is based on some dogma or “Vision Statement”, loyalty to the organization, and growth thru product sales (corporations) or people or faith (religion).  In a sense, it is survival of the fittest.  The religion with the best message and the one that meets the most human needs, or aligns with an inspiring spiritual message the best, wins.   So they are all competing and believe they are right.   But they do say a lot of different things.  From the outside, this does not sound spiritual.   From the inside, it can be very spiritual.   Religion and church is a choice, and can be a very satisfying choice, if it meets your needs.  \n\nBack to what Jesus, is said to have said, [paraphrased]:  to be good, to pass His judgement, “feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, shelter the stranger in need, clothe those who need it, help the sick, and visit those in prison.”  (Matt 25:35-36).  How else can it be known that you have loved others as you love yourself?  It is your actions.  Think about it, there is not one single word on belief, just actions.  This aligns with love others as yourself.  This is a good statement.     \n\nDo not forget, that in a solely materialist universe, which is cause and effect only, this leads to nihilism on a grand scale.  That is why philosophy and politics and much more is so nihilistic today.  If we are random quirks of nature, then in the grand scheme of nature, neither purpose, nor the sanctity of life can be justified.  This has and will have increasingly terrible implications to civilization.  Inherently, most people are not nihilistic, they are good people, with or without religion.  But if you are brilliant person without a conscience, heaven help us. \n\nRead the parable of the talents (Matt 25:14-30).  If you do not work to reach your human potential, and thus contribute your potential to mankind, then “cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness”.   This seems to align with loving others as yourself, and proving it by action, and being judged specifically on this aspect of your life.   What is the outer darkness?  It is not explained.  \n\nTo me it seems that religions try to make having faith the critical issue, in their
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If God is, God allowed for all types of people, on and beyond this Earth.\nEither it was Gods intention, or God is forever making huge mistakes.
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Definitely not!  All paths lead to God and Jesus is but one.  How judgemental to say that only Christians can get to God.  What about Jews?  Or Muslims?  Or Pagans?  Just because someone isn't a Christian, that does not make them an evil person deserving of going to hell.  Why not let God decide what will happen to a person instead of judging them yourselves?
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Does that primitive fairy tale sound right to you?  For example why wouldn't Satan use his powers to make Hell really nice so that people wanted to go to Hell?  He could gain power by being nice.  The whole good and evil nonsense in the Bible is really very silly if you actually analyze it.
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yes,you are right the one who create the Sun can also Create the Hell...i feel pity and really so sad for the people who laugh at you....of course we must not believe in God just because we are afraid of Hell...but human beings have a lot of differences..there are sort of people you can not stop them of doings a bad thing except if you show them the punishment.....this is why there are prisons .we can see a lot of people in our life do not do crimes just they afraid of going to prison not because crimes are bad....but the not Smart bad people who insist on doing crimes even they know they could go to the prisons but they just laugh at...so the Prisons in all the countries are full of these sort of people..and for that too the Hell will be full of people who laugh at....God help them with his mercy .....\nand at the end like you said if these people have blind hearts to find God...they should think of it by mathematical mind (probability of existence theory) if there are 0.0000001% Hell and God are true ..what they will do?so it i prefer to believe in God than find nothing, than to not believe in God and find Hell.
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yes I do. I think alot of people beat people over the head with the bible. I do not think thats what God intended the bible for that use. He gave us free will for a reason.
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It is not true that whatever we do, God gets it done by us.\nU don't see God Gave us free will But also Showed the right path...\n\nSo whatever we do is our own deeds.. If we do good, God is happy with us,\n& if we do bad deeds, God Obviously will punish!\n\n\nJust take this example..\nGod is our Creater...\nSimilarly A person or an electronics company creates a TV or VCR of DVD Player...\n\nSO ..\nThe company give an instruction manual with its product..\njust like God sent us to this world with Bible/ Quran etc..\n\nNow see!\nWhen the VCR does not work properly, we take it to a repair shop, if it does not still work properly, we throw it in trash...\nTHIS is a punishment for the VCR...\nSimilarly, when we dont follow the instructions from GOD, God will punish us.
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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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I don't believe in the Christian and Jewish God,but sometimes I hate the idea of him.He is very evil and unfair.How could a loving God punish humankind for the wrongdoings of two people?How could an all-knowing God not know that eve would eat the apple?How could God send people to hell for not believing something that has no proof whatsoever?I don't really like this perception of God.
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That is true...Never thought of it like that...If he is supposed to forgive you for all your sins...then why do people threaten us with hell....Probably because it's all a bunch of bull sh!t.
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No.  Because this contradicts God being almighty.  God could create nothing that He couldn't do with as He pleases.
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It is written, judge not lest you be judged. I will never say a person is condemned to hell, for we never know what God is doing in another persons life to bring them to savlation. I will on the other hand try to point out through  scripture that the direction, one is taking will lead them to hell, they always have opportunity to change their life.