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The reason hell is so completely awful is because it is the place of seperation from God and all of the blessings that flow from him. Because we are all sinners we all deserve to go to hell. God gave his precious Son to a horrible death that he did not deserve so that we can be spared the fate we so richly deserve. That is love. Jesus came to save us, not to condemn us. It is not that God condemns us to hell but rather that we condemn ourselves to hell by ignoring our plight and not seeking out God with all our heart. I have the opportunity to pray for my love ones, witness to them and most importantly show them that I love them. I solemnly believe that God is going to save them (and has already saved most of them-Praise him). I had an elderly friend who prayed all her life faithfully for her family and saw most of them come to the Lord before she died. Some of them on their death beds. I suggest that if you truly love those who are close to you that you do the same thing for them. They are in great need of your earnest prayers. Please do not bury your head in the sand.

Did every friend you ever had who is now dead believe in God? And what about innocent children in, for example, Afghanistan? Or even the Jews, Muslims, atheists and others who died in the WTC? Do you honestly feel comfortable that all of them are (according to some versions of Christianity) going to Hell?

If Christianity is true, good people will end up in Hell. I cannot justify Christianity to myself on those terms. Therefore, I looked for a way to reconcile my desire for justice (good rewarded, evil punished) with Christianity. I could not do it and came to atheism instead.

The reason hell is so completely awful is because it is the place of seperation from God and all of the blessings that flow from him. Because we are all sinners we all deserve to go to hell. God gave his precious Son to a horrible death that he did not deserve so that we can be spared the fate we so richly deserve. That is love.

It is. One might say He offered Himself up as an example.

I wonder what it would have been like for God to subject Himself to being beaten, spit upon, mocked, and finally tortured to death. All to save we who don't deserve it in the first place.

It is an example of sorts---He was willing to experience our travails, misery........name it.