If you do not want to live by God’s standards on earth, why would you want to live by his standards in heaven?
It is thus you who chose the place you go.
Someone once said that they believe in God, and trust in Christ to be their Savior, but they personally cannot deal with all the hypocrites in church so they go it alone. I asked them if they refuse to be around them on earth, why would you want to be around them in heaven.
God is not a cosmic rapist, he is not going to force you to love him. You must love him willingly. Would you want your wife to be forced to be with your, or would you want her to be with you willingly?
This is the way it will be in heaven. God will not force anyone to be around him that does not want to be around him willingly.
So by your rejection of him here in the world, you are guaranteeing that he will reject you when it comes time to decide where you will spend eternity. It is after all, your choice, not His. So why blame Him for what you desire?
We will all die one day, and once we are dead there is no choice as to where you will go. The time to decide where you desire to spend eternity is while you live. So purchase your ticket before you board the train of death, because once on it there are no refunds, and no switching destinations.
To blame the Railroad Engineer because you purchased a ticket to a destination you chose but now would rather go where those on the other train are going is incredulous to say the least.
The time to purchase the right ticket is before you board it, and you may not like the price, but who are you to decide the price of the ticket? You want to board the train with all the amenities, while paying the price of coach. Either you pay the price required or not, but don’t get mad at the Engineer for getting what you paid for.
I suggest you pay the price required to board the train you want that will take you to the destination you want to get to. Thus, the price is accepting the Son as your Lord and savior. The price is the same for each and every person boarding the train to heaven, as is the price for boarding the train to hell is rejection of the King.
I’ll pray that you purchase the right ticket.
Somehow you have completely missed my point.
My point is this: the punishment should fit the crime.
If some judge decided that an appropriate punishment for, say, rape and murder was to have the perp doused with gasoline and set on fire and burn until crispy, I think the Supreme Court would rule that cruel and unusual punishment.
Yet most Protestants think Mother Teresa and the Pope is going to burn for eternity, and justly so. And most Catholics think the same thing about Protestants.
Let me state my point one more time. No loving person (or Person) would allow someone to suffer excruciating pain for eternity. No crime fits that punishment.