Sand Dancer
Currently catless
We all deserve Hell anyway but God provides a way out with Jesus.
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God Loves Everyone.. Unless You're Different Than Me
- Thread starter ILoveUU
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We all deserve Hell anyway but God provides a way out with Jesus.
I don't believe that anybody deserves an eternal place of torture, if that's how you are defining Hell.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
No, we all deserve chocolate cake but elves provide a way out with Scooby Doo.
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Such a primitive and pessimistic world view.
dgirl1986
Big Queer Chesticles!
Do we really?
Harrytic
Member
The thing is it's not that simple. There is a huge amount of fine print in the bible lots and lots of rules that we must follow and if we don't then there are ramifications. Every Christian has different ideas about what a true Christian is and if you fall, then there are always a 101 excuses as to what you did wrong. Many believe that you can lose your salvation. I believe one can if one continues to sin without asking for forgiveness. Attitude is so important.
The thing is I can't say for sure one way or another, just what you have to do to ensure your salvation and neither can any other Christian for that matter. God has a track record of playing cruel games with his creations. I don't think anyone can be assured they will be saved. Were they sincere enough last time they asked for forgiveness? Did they forget to ask Christ for forgiveness for a sin? Perhaps they didn't realise they sinned or don't believe that they sinned when really they did? There are so many unanswerable questions and it seems to me Christians take way too much for granted when it comes to their salvation.
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Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Everyone has broken at least one of the Ten Commandments at one time or another. That in itself ensures that we can't be in the presence of a perfect and holy God.
dgirl1986
Big Queer Chesticles!
That is more of a reflection on the creator than the creation.
Why not?
I mean, isn't it God setting the rules? He can have anyone he wants in his presence. There's nothing about perfection that says it can't be in the company of imperfection, particularly if we are talking about perfect love. Surely perfect love would love everyone, and especially those that were born, through no fault of their own and by their very nature, as something less than perfect.
Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
Uhm... sorry, but if you're a guy and must have a "relationship" with Jesus... uhm... sorry, but it sounds ... you know...
And I'm really sorry if that offends anyone.Maybe your post was intended that way? If it was, you're funny.
If not, oops!
Liberals tolerate everyone... unless you disagree with them
God loves everyone... unless you're different
Basically, of course nobody would tolerate or love a totally opposite of themselves.
God loves everyone... unless you're different
Basically, of course nobody would tolerate or love a totally opposite of themselves.
But a) we aren't totally opposite to God. The Bible even says that we are made in his image, and b) God isn't just anybody. I don't think we can ascribe such an imperfect attribute such as intolerance to a supposedly perfect God.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Sounds like a great setup for the lonely god syndrome. Poor fella, nothing he creates is good enough for him. How peachy is that? Sorta like the famous Greta Garbo line, "I vant to be alone."That's one of the most ignorant, hateful things I've ever heard.
So much for an "all-loving God". So loving that if you don't agree with "him" you'll burn for all eternity
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Uhm... sorry, but if you're a guy and must have a "relationship" with Jesus... uhm... sorry, but it sounds ... you know...
Maybe your post was intended that way? If it was, you're funny.
Standard Christian usage was maybe not the right one to use in that instance.
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
That's one of the most ignorant, hateful things I've ever heard.
So much for an "all-loving God". So loving that if you don't agree with "him" you'll burn for all eternity
Create everything and you get to call the shots.
Christian beliefs are the reenactment of their God; the person that doesn't have any checks alongside the Ten Commandments and has all checks alongside the 7 Deadly Sins, I recommend they see a doctor, and God recommends that they didn't exist.
Though we were made in God's image, God gave us freewill with what to do with that image. The paint can drip.
Yeah, but we're the ones who make up the definitions. God can do whatever he wants--- but if he does that, he's not necessarily gonna still fit the definition of "all-loving", etc.
tumbleweed41
Resident Liberal Hippie
No one "deserves" hell, although it makes some feel good about themselves to believe that those who do not think and act as they do will suffer.
I find the notion to be sadistic and disturbing.