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Before this thread, you were cool. After this thread, you are my new best friend. Capiche?
_I'm gonna add a short piece_
Lets just for a moment, presume that Christianity is correct, everything about it is true.
And for this moment you are have been married for 20 something odd years, never raised your voice with them, never did anything to harm them physically or emotionally your spouse. Now if your spouse went out and fondue'd a good friend of yours. How would you feel? Bad. That's probably strongly similar to the way God feels when you stray away and fall in sin. He is heartbroken that someone he loves would fall away from a good life that has been laid out for them. You're welcome for that Cappin' America reference.
_I'm gonna ramble more_
On the subject of "Why does Hell exist?" we are gonna jump on in. Now you are on trial, You are as innocent as a bag of lettuce, and the defendant in as guilty as that chocolate bar you just swallowed whole. The Judge is about to give the verdict, you're exited because you know you are innocent... And BOOM... You are the one going to prison for life. Not fair? You didn't do anything and the guilty party gets off scott-free. And now you are on your death bed, right beside the same person that wronged you. And he gets to go to Heaven and you burn in Hell. How does THAT make you feel? You did everything right in your life, believed in God, went to church, prayed, repented, donated, heck! Even sacrificed! ... And you get the short straw. And the one that should be sitting in your chair is partying it up in Heaven, never stepped foot in a church once, blasphemed, and all that bad stuff. You deserve that, and he deserves this. But why? God is the Judge, Heaven means free-life, and Hell is the prison. The difference between walking free and imprisonment is the believe in God. People who have scoffed at God.. And turned away and never did anything for anyone but themselves don't deserve to have to have eternal happiness. They deserve to suffer, just like that guy who cut you off in front of Wal-Mart. Meanwhile those who knew what was right and believed in God get to live in Heaven with all of their fellow Believers. That is why Hell exists. The same reason prisons exist today. To keep the evil from mixing with the good.
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