Does Gid send men to Hell or does he just send their sins to Hell?
Does God punish the sins or the sinners?
Or do you not believe in Hell?
Where exactly, in anything that I have written in this thread, or anywhere else on FR, have I denied that hell exists? The answer is nowhere. Your hyperbole is not appreciated, nor expected from one who claims that Jesus is his Lord and Master! Are we not to model our behaviours on Jesus’ example?
You asked, "Does God punish the sins or the sinners?" I ask of you: Does God punish all sinners? The answer is a resolute, "NO!", elsewise, you, me, Billy Graham, in fact, everyone would be punished, as ALL have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. God does not ‘punish’ His chosen ones, but He does allow chastisement to correct behaviour and to grow our faith. Those who don’t accept Jesus as Lord and Master ARE punished with eternity absent from God, in other words, hell. God does not send people to hell, people send THEMSELVES to hell because they REFUSE Jesus.
Even in that, He reveals His mercy! As those who have spent their lives avoiding His love, it would be unmerciful if God required that they spend their Eternity in His presence. The only place that is outside of His presence is hell. Therefore, in mercy, non-Believers spend eternity in hell. Unpleasant, but for them, better than eternity in the presence of a God they despise.
I sense a lot of hostility from your post.
I just asked a few questions. Don't take it so personally.
1 Pet 3:15