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To: Lucas McCain

God did not *create a system*. God is not punishing people for not accepting His gift.

He told Adam and Eve specifically, that if they sinned, they would die. It’s a natural consequence of their disobedience.

The punishment is for the sin we commit. God is holy and sin cannot endure in His presence.

The gift gives us the option of avoiding that. That’s where the love kicks in. Yes, God is love. but God is also just and sin needs to be punished. Would God be just if He didn’t punish wrong doing?


239 posted on 12/05/2013 6:59:48 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: metmom

“God did not *create a system*. God is not punishing people for not accepting His gift.”

You’ve heard of hell, I trust. Created by God to punish those who do this or don’t do that, yada, yada, yada.

Everything else you wrote is sophistry. The God you believe in is going to separate the sheep from the goats someday (Matthew 25, I believe). The goats are going to get roasted.

Just a few days ago, I read a news piece about Syrian terrorist lighting puppies on fire and flinging them at their opponents. The overwhelming visceral reaction to that bit of information was horror. What kind of monsters would do that?

What those puppies suffered is NOTHING compare to what God has in store for lost sinners (assuming the Bible is true).


267 posted on 12/05/2013 7:15:32 PM PST by Lucas McCain
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