How can a Good God send people to hell?

Originally posted by dj2becker
Do you believe that God is Holy?

Originally posted by kirksey957
When compared to a nigger in the vineyard of the Lord, most certainly.

Originally posted by dj2becker
So does a nigga in the vineyard of the Lord require Holyness or Sanctification in order to be able to stand before a Holy God on the day of judgement?

Originally posted by kirksey957
I haven't gotten that spiritually complex yet. I'm still at "Jesus loves me this I know."

Originally posted by dj2becker
I presume you get your "Jesus loves me this I know" from the Bible?

If you believe that, don't you think you should also believe the other things that the Bible says?

Originally posted by kirksey957
If you believe that the batteries in your flashlight or remote give it power, doesn't it make sense for you to swallow batteries to get more energy?

Originally posted by dj2becker
No it does not, because you are not even remotely a flashlight. 😀

Originally posted by kirksey957
Matt5:14 "You are the light of the world." 16: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

Originally posted by dj2becker
Good point.

So what about all the other passages in the Bible?

Do you believe the words of Christ when he spoke about hell?

Originally posted by kirksey957
I tell you what; let's just call it a day and enjoy our day of rest. I beseech you that you have my permission to not eat any batteries though we are called upon to be light to the world.

Do we believe that the Father is a Man (I.E. is God a Man?)
I'm assuming not. God has no sex. God is above this world and its definitions. However God is a spiritual father. If this is the case then we CANNOT take the bible literaly word for word. Therefore, Hell, in my understanding, is not a place, but a state of being. There is no such thing as dark, only lack of light. No such thing as cold only lack of heat. Hell, to me, is a lack of knowledge of God and nearness to God. We should all know that the word hell is derived from a firy garbage dump. Christ likens the absence of God to Sheol or death, not hell as translated by king james. It is important to debate this understanding. If hell is simply an absence of knowledge of God, and because nearness to God (in my opinion) is the greatest possible achievement, lack of knowledge of God's messengers (Moses, Christ, Muhammad) results in a sad state of being.

Originally posted by menace71
What bothers me about alot of Christians is that they always have their cookie cutter answers. They can't just say I don't know the answer to everything. I honestly think some will be in heaven that most christians would not believe and vise versa.


Manny

Originally posted by kirksey957
I haven't gotten that spiritually complex yet. I'm still at "Jesus loves me this I know."

Originally posted by KellyJay
My theory says we have the ability to make our choices within the
universe God has created. God's knowledge is another issue
altogether that has nothing to do with our choices, if we are free to
make them we are free to make them, if we are not, we are not.
Kelly

Originally posted by sonhouse
Then what you have is merely the ILLUSION of free will. If its already tallied on a scoreboard there is no free will.