<P>I understand the character of God in punishing those who deny their sinful nature. Yet I cannot understand why such a punishment would deserve eternity in hell. Think of a friend of yours that is caring and apologizes when commits an offense. However, he/she does not believe in God or at least the Christian God. Do you think that person deserves eternity in hell? </P>
The evil of man has been generally hidden in history and remains hidden today. The darkness isn’t seen to be dark until you start shining some light on it, and humans keep themselves in the dark. What humans call evil is only egregious, obvious evil, but moreover they’re defining it as evil when another human crosses the path of their desires.
No challenges have been issued. The religions upheld no serious higher standards so that men could get a just measure of themselves. Jesus said the Way is strait and difficult, and then closed His mouth. The tough things are so tough, I can’t list them openly here without risking persecution. To give a hint, I read recently about the man who was first to cross Antarctica on skis. He’d do that, but won’t cross his fence to meet with a neighbor.
The secret of the human appearance of goodness is avoiding situations of conflict. Yet these situations are two-way streets, and just to be near others will always be a conflict. The Bible said it rightly, man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. But God expected a cooperative world. He expected the souls to love one another, as Jesus said.
The Christians believe they are achieving this, but again, I cannot list their faults here from expectation of a vicious reaction. Jesus spoke strongly against money, but not strongly enough, and He would shout “Hypocrites” as loudly against today’s Christians as He did against the Pharisees back then. Men only accept friends who bring money.
