Would a benevolent God send people to hell?
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Its a bit more complex than that..... God sends people to Hell because they are unrighteous and evil because the only way to get to heaven is to be perfect. However, no one can be perfect so someone had to pay our fine which every person has accumulated throughout one's life; this person was Jesus. Everyone deserves death. When Jesus died on the cross, all who believe died with Him and because of this our debts have been paid. However, the only way to believe is to be allowed to believe which is where to Holy Spirit comes into play. When God allows us to believe we are then made holy and righteous so that we can enter into heaven and be in the presence of the almighty God. Thats the simplified version of the story.... but the bottom line is that we all deserve death and no one can come to the Father while being evil because He is too great and awesome for us to be in His presence. So, yes, an all-righteous and all-good God would send people to Hell. Side: Yes
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By evil you mean not beliving in jesus as their lord and savior, not being of the same religion as you are, or for being from a different subset of yours? Because according to many theists these people will go to hell too, and they comprise a larger percentage of the world's population than your religion alone does. Side: No
Everyone has done evil. The bad that you do and the good that you do not do are all enough to sentence you to hell.... The only way to get to heaven is to accept that the payment has been made for you through Jesus' death on the cross, which is faith. However, since the carnal nature of man is to reject and deny God, the only way for any person to believe in God is to be "born of the Spirit" or "born again." Therefore, if you believe, it is a sign that God has chosen you to be His and therefore, all sin that you have done has been taken away from you. Only believers in Christ will go to heaven for He is the Way and the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father except through Him! Side: Yes
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The idea of infinite punishment doesn't make sense. If you're going to be there forever, that's no punishment. It's not made for you to learn something with your mistakes and come out of there a better person. I don't see any reason for it other than revenge. In christianity, everyone that doesn't accept jesus as their lord and savior, goes to hell. Simple as that. It doesn't matter if you sinned, and what sins you committed. All that matters is the acceptance of jesus christ as your saviour. That includes theists from non-christian religions, atheists, deists, pantheists, of all ages (including innocent children), races and nationalities. The same can be said of islam and a few other religions. Why would a benevolent and forgiving god still want eternal revenge from more than half of the world's population? Side: No
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No, because ifs there was magical mans in da sky over Liechtenstein country, he woulds nots ams sends da douche bags to the hell! Because I is ams a liberal, and I believes he should redistributes da sins so dat Hitler and other meanies can gos to heavens whiles da good people can carrys their sins and then says "Yay! I is ams doing da good things for da God who is in da sky over da Liechtenstein country!" Side: No
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