"God says do what you wish, but make the wrong choice and you will be tortured for eternity in Hell. That's not free will. It's like a man telling his girlfriend, do what you wish, but if you choose to leave me, I will track you down and blow your brains out. When a man says this we call him a psychopath. When god says the same we call him "loving" and build churches in his honor." -- William C. Easttom II
LOL Darkness you have your facts a bit twisted up.
You are on this earth exactly because you didnt want to submit to gods will, you wanted to be free from him. So here you are...excercising your free will. He gave you what you wanted! Is he knocking at your door trying to kill you for using your free will?
So then...how has humanity faired with free will, and freedom from the control of god? Looks to me, like we are not doing a good job of looking after ourselves, our families or our planet.
This here earth is hell. It could have been heaven. It was like heaven. It was perfect in every way. Now its on a path of destruction. God gave you this planet in a spick and span condition, and what has our free will done with it? Messed it up.
This place is hell. This earth is what people have made into a very nasty place to live in. And it is becoming nastier by the minute.
Let me explain something. You are here to do what you want, free to get up to all sorts of stuff that pleases you. BUT...since you wanted free will, you are also responsible for the use of it. NOT GOD. Free will means you make the choices, and you have to live with the consequences. But man, want to be free, but they also want to be free from the consequences of their choices. And im afraid that is not part of the deal. You want to rule yourself....then you have to take the flack when it comes your way. And so god isnt sending anyone to hell, you are here already. The mess we have created will be our responsibility to fix. And do you think we can fix it? I dont think so. Humans have faired terribly with free will.
Christians submit to gods will. That way, they are under his rule. And that means freedom. Freedom from free will, means you are free to live and work in the kingdom of god, knowing that he looks after you, he takes care of you, and he knows what is best for you, since he created you after all. Christians also have free will, but they give it up, in order to submit unders gods will. And since the world has proven to me significantly, that human free will, results in nothing but confusion,hatred, greed and malice...id much happier submit to gods.
Why did god banish satan from heaven? Because he got upset that someone would actually stand up to him? NO. God has no ego problem. He sent satan here and you, to have the chance to prove to yourself that you can do just fine without god. Well are we doing fine? How long will this planet hold up?. How long before you become the victim of crime, how long before humans whipe each other out?
So, for you darkness, there is only one place. This earth. As long as you want your own free will, this place is your home. You will always come back here, even if you die. This place is where you excercise your free will in, its the place you have to reap what you sowed. And you wanted it. Hell, is what humans have created and what Jesus came to save us from. And if it wasnt for him, id be one of those free willers...messing up a perfect planet and a once perfect world. Im big enough to realise that it is better for me to acknowledge that gods way is the best way. If I rebel against his way, im shooting myself in the foot, and frankly im less well off.
If you want to excersice your free will and the next person wants to excercise their free will, at some point they is going to be a conflict of interest. Free will says...me first and you second. If you have struggled to get yourself free from god, you are hardly going to willingly submit to someone elses free will!
There is still a certain amount of order on this planet, only because the Holy Spirit and the children of god is still here. But when the HS and the children of god leaves, this here will become a place of anarchy, each person turning into a wolf, lawless, loveless, and mercyless humans, trying to live with each other. Good luck to you all. But as far as I can tell, god is not sending anyone to hell, you are in hell already. The question is...how do you get out of it? You dont have to leave of course, but that will leave you with a couple of billion people who wants what they want and if you stand in their way, its going to get nasty for you.
There is no freedom without control Darkness. There is only freedom to walk in the park, when you know that the police is doing their job.
There is always someone else out there, who will go to any extreme to get what they want, and dont give a hoot about what you want. And you have sided with Satan...do you think he cares about what you want? LOL.....God isnt playing us like pawns. Satan is.
Heneni