Is the Christian view on hell coherant?
Yep
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Nope
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God said it ............. Humanity must deal w/ it Dr William Lane Craig < great debater It's not that people "choose" Hell .... it's that they reject salvation FROM Hell People go to Hell not because of what they did .. but rather what they DIDN'T do They didn't appropriate God's salvation in Jesus Christ --------------------------------------- four marks of a Hell-bound man --------------------------------------- Don't go to Hell my friends Side: Yep
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People who a born into an Islamic family will be indoctrinated into Islam from childhood. This is no fault of the child, of course; they have no control over what their parents teach them. Because of their childhood indoctrination, that child will never "appropriate God's salvation in Jesus Christ", for the same reason you don't worship Allah. You are saying that a person will go to Hell and face infinite punishment for being born into an Islamic family and thereby never learning about Jesus. That is a factor has no control over, and is one that has nothing to do with morality. That is not the work of a loving God; that is what a terrorist would do. Side: Nope
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Even if we assume that Hell exists, the very concept is completely illogical. If Hell is indeed a physical, non-metaphorical place, in which sinners are tortured for all eternity, it would be complete overkill! If the purpose of Hell is to punish "sinners", then why is an infinite torture applied to punish a finite crime? All crimes, however horrible, are finite, in that at least the person who is harmed by said crime is only harmed for a short amount of time. In Hell, though, the pain never stops. This would be like a person being water boarded for bullying; the punishment to the crime is not fair. You see, there is a good reason why civilized countries do not practice torture. It is because no matter what, no matter to whom it is being done to, torture is evil. This is why the Christian view on Hell is non-coherent; a punishment is being enforced in a way that is exponentially more painful and evil than the original crime ever was. Side: Nope
I'm not Christian but I receive a Christian education at a Catholic school. I've heard many different perceptions of Hell. Here are two of the most common: One is the perception that Hell is physical punishment, as described in the Bible or the Book of Revelations. There is eternal suffering and lakes of fire, etc. Another is the perception that Hell is just an absence of God, and that alone drives the souls crazy knowing that God is real but isn't with them. I'm not sure which is true, if Hell is even real. Side: Nope
Of course it isn't. Catholics have historically been able to buy their way into heaven and can go to hell for "unforgivable sins". Quakers don't have doctrine on hell and most don't believe in it. Seventh Day Adventists don't believe in hell. Pentecostals believe you go to hell if you don't believe Jesus died for your sins. Some Anglicans believe you go to hell if you're a bad person and go to heaven if you're good. So just going off the phrasing of the question, no, it isn't. Side: Nope
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