Genesis 2:16-17:
"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
Adam and Eve died spiritually that...
Christ said "I am the way the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father, but by me." But unless you believe the Bible that statement is worthless to you, however if you can establish the Bible as a reliable document by archeological and philosophical evidence (as I believe it has been)...
God is without origin, He has always existed, however it would be better to simply say "God is" for if you state that God is and recognize His infinite nature then it follows that "Heis" in all times all places and all dimensions. This may be unacceptable to many, but if you accept evolution...
To JustWondering:
I did say "the essence of what hell is" not "what hell exclusively is", but you are perfectly right in stating that hell is described in the Bible as a lake of fire and I believe that, however I believe that the core, heart and essence of suffering of hell will be the eternal...
to Aten:
If God made a mistake then He is not God, because God is infinite and Perfect, existing in all dimensions as Himself. Your logic is flawed. It is true that God does not wish hell on anyone, but neither will He force Himself into their lives. He is screaming at us to let Him save us...
To JustWondering:
Ah but you miss an important point. If God is infinitely perfect then He cannot compromise His own nature. Gods nature is Love, but it also includes Justice. Therefore if He were to just say "boys will be boys" and overlook our faults He would not be God because He would be...
Actually according to the Bible God did not create things to age and die. Death itself (physical and spiritual a.k.a. seperation from God) was a consequence of disobedience, before the eating of the fruit, life was immortal. I believe that God created mankind for the purpose of glorifying Him...
Actually it's a 2000 year old book and some of it was written even earlier. 2+2 will always equal 4 and the truth is always the truth. Sorry, but lets stick to logic.
I find it very sad that because something is re pungent to an individual it is cast aside as false or impossible regardless of logic or truth. That is like saying "I reject 2+2=4 it is unfair 2+2 MUST = 5". The Bible definitely mentions hell often and explicitly. If you accept any part of the...