Reply #63: Response...

[Danger Mouse]

'For sinning.' That doesn't answer 'why.' I'm asking how that makes it justifiable.

'Sin.' Again. The word 'sin' doesn't fly with me. Every single person on Earth is a sinner. All fall short of righteousness. We live constant lives of sin. What makes the soul of one lighter than the soul of another? God's judgement? Is it God's purpose to nitpick and pore over every detail of our lives and thought we ever had?

'Yeah, it's awful, but no one has to choose that.' How is that a choice? Some people never even hear about Jesus. Do they have a choice? Or are they just damned automatically? Some people never get a chance to be converted. Did they have a choice, or are they damned automatically? Why would God let a person suffer for their entire life, and then subject to an eternity of torture after their death because they weren't Christian? That seems horribly sadistic and cruel to me. How is that an example of love?

'There is just 'reality.' One of is right and the other is wrong.' So what makes you right and me wrong? The passages in the bible referring to 'Hell' can be interpreted very broadly, due to translation issues and interpretation. After all, we can't take the Bible literally...at least, not without self-contradiction.

'That doesn't make it disappear. It either exists or it doesn't, regardless of your rejection of the notion. I say it exists because Jesus said so.' See above answer.

'That seems remarkably cavalier to me.' I say what I said...because if I died and found out that there is a hell...that would crush every spirtual notion I have ever had. It would cause me untold despair.
Anyway, supposedly, if I refuse to accept Hell, I'm damned to it anyway. What am I supposed to do?