Originally posted by etheralcereal89
I cant imagine that god truly loves us.
It's probably best to image God, that truly loves us first. Then after taking that into account, ask the next set of questions:
Originally posted by etheralcereal89
Why would he let hell exist?
Hell didn't always exist. The Bible does not start with, "In the Beginning, God created Heaven, Earth and Hell." One of these three were not
around.
Originally posted by etheralcereal89
WHo desrerves to be punushed to that extent?
Hell was a solution to a problem. That problem was the possibility of sin entering heaven and the possibility of sin remaining on earth from people
living forever. Hell is for sin.
Originally posted by etheralcereal89
WHy can a rapist that asks for forgiveness go to heaven, but a mother who lost her children and kills herself cant?
Part of the problem is we tend to assume our sense of justice is "good" and "right". Fact of the matter is, we can often make pretty good
decisions based on what we know, but we can never know what's in a person's heart to make a perfect, righteous judgement. God can.
Originally posted by etheralcereal89
I worry im going to hell because i have trouble with the idea of loving god with all ur heart. Cause like, at least the bible way of putting it, you
have to love or u will be in eternal torment. THats a lot of pressure. SOme people cant help the way they are. Im praying i am, but i always turn
against god because of hell. Bill weise's account sent me over the edge. Please dont tell me things like christianity is just bs, becaus a year ago i
would have agreed, but now i believe. thank you
I'm gathering that the reason why you don't like hell (and personally I don't like the idea of hell either yet it exists) is because we're afraid
that someone who is 'good' might end up there. Do you believe God would destroy what is good? If God is good, why would he do this?
Continue praying, no one is born a Christian. I think what will help as well is exploring more about who God is and why things are the way they are.
I'd be glad to help if you'd like to U2U me, the gift of eternal life is free and would be glad to share how I received mine.
[edit on 9-1-2009 by saint4God]