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To: SeekAndFind

how can it be that he sends approximately one quarter of humans to hell?

Misses the point entirely: in the words of CS Lewis, “The door to hell is locked from the inside”.


13 posted on 10/23/2023 9:43:20 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: jagusafr
Misses the point entirely: in the words of CS Lewis, “The door to hell is locked from the inside”.

This!

17 posted on 10/23/2023 9:57:49 AM PDT by flamberge (We are living in "interesting times".)
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To: jagusafr
Misses the point entirely: in the words of CS Lewis, “The door to hell is locked from the inside”.

I thought The Great Divorce was a very logical look at what hell could be. Endless dissatisfaction and disappointment by valuing the wrong things. Hell must be attractive in some way for people to choose it, but all those things never bring joy.

20 posted on 10/23/2023 10:07:00 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: jagusafr

He doesn’t send anyone to hell. It’s a personal choice to go there. God created a way out that cost him a lot. If people don’t want to be in God’s presence, he will honor their request (otherwise, wouldn’t rebellious people who hate God in heaven be heaven at all?). He doesn’t send people to hell, but he does honor their desire not to be with him. As for the ages old question — what about those who have never heard? If someone, no matter how remote, has a sincere stirring in their inner being to know who it is that made what they see in the night sky and around them, God will make sure they find out.


29 posted on 10/23/2023 11:02:42 AM PDT by freepertoo
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Brilliant man.


37 posted on 10/23/2023 11:47:02 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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