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Ok, here the thing. According to Christian faith if one sins and doesn't repent they are punished for said sin by being denied entry to Heaven to instead be sentenced to Hell.
Now I'm wondering, this punishment is forever, right? Am I wrong? It does mean forever, for all eternity, time times a million, a million million years, from now on to infinity and beyond.... and so on.
So am I wrong to think this a little harsh? I mean, geeze, what exactly can anyone do to warrant such horrific punishment. Sure, a person can do a lot bad things in their lifetime. But to warrant everlasting suffering...
Because Hell is everlasting suffering, right? I mean I wouldn't wish that on even the most vicious killer known to man. Not even on Hitler and his cronies, Sure I'd expect some form of punishment fitting the crimes (numerous as they are), but even for an evil bunch like that I wouldn't want it to be forever. I mean, at some point, enough is enough. There's always a point were enough is enough, where the punishment becomes a crime, a line that when crossed makes the punisher the one needing punishment.
I mean, as a mere mortal human I'll freely admit that I personally believe eternity, true eternity is a concept that is beyond any human's comprehension.
We are born, we live and we die, at the very most a human life spans about 100 years, if you're lucky. So ETERNITY is a mere abstract concept for us. Its a term we trow around freely in all sorts of situations but one we really don't understand or what it entails? We're talking millions and millions and a million times more years, an endless everlasting line of time that stretches on and on and on.
So if say, a person, kills another person, and they aren't sorry about it. They go to Hell, but to send them there forever...
Does this apply for all 'sins', like a person who had sex before marriage, a teenager who shoplifted, telling a lie, insulting someone, missed church, worked on a Sunday, being gay, or having had a gay experience, done drugs, got divorced, hit somebody, gossiped, looked the other way, didn't listen to their parents,... All of these are things a lot of people do without feeling like they really did something wrong, or even feel that they don't even need to feel bad about. Or just don't feel guilty or repentant about. Something I totally understand. I mean everyone has done at least one or two of these things without feeling bad about them. None of these things are horrible or evil, least of all things that deserve everlasting suffering and ****ation.
Personally I find this entire concept a little over the top gloomy. So you did some bad things in your little short life and therefore you'll suffer forever??!!! Wow, talk about cold. Does God really care that little? Does He really judge humans so incredibly harshly? I mean it sounds very very cruel.
Take a moment to really think about what everlasting means, forever, eternity, for all times, and so on.
And also think about a time in your life when you felt constant pain about something, physical or emotional or spiritual. Think about how awful it was to endure.
Now Imagine if that pain was forever, without end or relief in sight, just endless and constant, for all of eternity. Does anything warrant such horrible punishement?
So what do you guys all think, is everlasting punishment not a little bit tad to harsh?
Now I'm wondering, this punishment is forever, right? Am I wrong? It does mean forever, for all eternity, time times a million, a million million years, from now on to infinity and beyond.... and so on.
So am I wrong to think this a little harsh? I mean, geeze, what exactly can anyone do to warrant such horrific punishment. Sure, a person can do a lot bad things in their lifetime. But to warrant everlasting suffering...
Because Hell is everlasting suffering, right? I mean I wouldn't wish that on even the most vicious killer known to man. Not even on Hitler and his cronies, Sure I'd expect some form of punishment fitting the crimes (numerous as they are), but even for an evil bunch like that I wouldn't want it to be forever. I mean, at some point, enough is enough. There's always a point were enough is enough, where the punishment becomes a crime, a line that when crossed makes the punisher the one needing punishment.
I mean, as a mere mortal human I'll freely admit that I personally believe eternity, true eternity is a concept that is beyond any human's comprehension.
We are born, we live and we die, at the very most a human life spans about 100 years, if you're lucky. So ETERNITY is a mere abstract concept for us. Its a term we trow around freely in all sorts of situations but one we really don't understand or what it entails? We're talking millions and millions and a million times more years, an endless everlasting line of time that stretches on and on and on.
So if say, a person, kills another person, and they aren't sorry about it. They go to Hell, but to send them there forever...
Does this apply for all 'sins', like a person who had sex before marriage, a teenager who shoplifted, telling a lie, insulting someone, missed church, worked on a Sunday, being gay, or having had a gay experience, done drugs, got divorced, hit somebody, gossiped, looked the other way, didn't listen to their parents,... All of these are things a lot of people do without feeling like they really did something wrong, or even feel that they don't even need to feel bad about. Or just don't feel guilty or repentant about. Something I totally understand. I mean everyone has done at least one or two of these things without feeling bad about them. None of these things are horrible or evil, least of all things that deserve everlasting suffering and ****ation.
Personally I find this entire concept a little over the top gloomy. So you did some bad things in your little short life and therefore you'll suffer forever??!!! Wow, talk about cold. Does God really care that little? Does He really judge humans so incredibly harshly? I mean it sounds very very cruel.
Take a moment to really think about what everlasting means, forever, eternity, for all times, and so on.
And also think about a time in your life when you felt constant pain about something, physical or emotional or spiritual. Think about how awful it was to endure.
Now Imagine if that pain was forever, without end or relief in sight, just endless and constant, for all of eternity. Does anything warrant such horrible punishement?
So what do you guys all think, is everlasting punishment not a little bit tad to harsh?