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Hopefully a few scriptures would change your mind. If you have any other questions, I would be glad to answer them.
John 12:32
"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on...
God is capable of using symbolism. Replace father with creator husband with someone you are united with spiritually, and brother with companion. There is nothing wrong with your creator being united with you spiritually or your companion being your Creator. I hope you will not interpret it so...
If you want a thorough list of what the bible actually says about the eternal fate of man, I would be happy to provide it.
John 12:32
"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set...
Judas' action might have been helpful, but that does not mean he was in the right. Judas' intentions, betraying a friend and teacher for the sake of pocketing a few silver coins, was in every way morally wrong. However, it does not stop God from using this evil deed for something good and helpful.
If someone claims to be the returning Christ, I would not believe him unless he looks like the omnipotent, eternal, so-holy-if-you-look-at-him-you-fall-on-your-feet-in-terror God of all that he is. No,I don't mean an old bearded man.
If you define free will as your choices not being limited by an external force, than yes. If you define it as being not limited by even your own being and convictions, than no. God, being good, cannot do anything evil, and being intelligent, he cannot do anything foolish. He is not limited by...
I believe that our misunderstanding of hell is caused more by selfish religious leaders controlling people with the threat of punishment than actual scripture
First of all, I would like to claim that the doctrine of everlasting torment in hell is completely unbiblical. The bible even claims in 1 Corinthians 15:22 "that for as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive." I would also like to clarify that I am not rejecting the doctrine...
(First of all, I believe that it it is supposedly better translated cataclysm than evil. That dosen't make too much difference, but it is still something.)
As a universallist (one who believes that all people will eventually be saved) I believe that God allows evil purely so we will have more...