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To: snarks_when_bored

only if you refuse His infinite mercy given in the form of the sacrificial lamb, Jesus of Nazareth. when people voluntarily reject His mercy, then they voluntarily submit themselves to His justice - based on His terms - not their own. there's really no contest between His mercy and His justice. He leaves it up to each person to choose the basis upon that person will be judged. do you want mercy or justice?

again, this may all be a big myth. Jesus may have been the biggest con man who ever lived or maybe He didn't even really live. but i don't think so.

Jesus came out of the grave and His appearance to a small sect of frightened Jews changed them into a band of brothers who brought down the most powerful empire on earth and changed western civilization forever. to those who receive Him, He makes Himself just as real as He did 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem after He came out of Joseph of Arimathea's tomb that was guarded by Rome's finest. God is the most pro choice character in the universe. He leaves everyone's eternal judgment (as well as most other issues in life) up to them.


668 posted on 12/09/2005 5:37:14 AM PST by Snowbelt Man (ideas have consequences)
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To: Snowbelt Man
I suppose that you would concede that the power of a human being to do good or evil is finite. (If not, you'll need to provide an argument to the contrary.) So here's my question: what could a finite human being do that would ever merit infinite (that is, eternal) punishment? The disproportion between the finite and the infinite is...infinite.

My view is this: no just deity would condemn one of its finite creatures to infinite punishment, no matter what the finite creature had done, and so if a deity were to mete out infinite punishment for what are essentially finite transgressions, that deity would be unjust and therefore worthy neither of respect nor fealty.

727 posted on 12/09/2005 1:34:33 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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