Jail/Homosexuality

[houston]

Wasn't aware that XXX was still around.

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by FlamingZword

I think this is precisely what you do not accept and that is why you have left the way.
You do not like the unpleasant parts of the Bible and therefore you have decided that they are not true, and that has given you the excuse to abandon the way.

Yes there are unpleasant parts of the Bible, but just because I find them unpleasant does not mean they are false.

I might get told by my dentist that I need a root canal, which is quite unpleasant, I could ignore my dentist and go on pretending everything is fine, but eventually I will have to accept the unpleasant truth that I do need a root canal.

The truth of needing a root canal will not go away just because I find the root canal unpleasant.

Scripture must be properly interpreted, tradition has grossly misinterpreted the reasons for good and evil in the creation, therefore their conclusions are way off the mark of the purpose of the all powerful, all knowing, and all loving God. The gospel is "Good News" for all, not just for a few. Religion leaves the majority valueless, and of so little importance that they can be tortured or burned to a crisp, and no one cares, particularly, the One who made them.

Why would a creator, that knows all and can to all, create a situation that would leave the vast majority of those He made without hope. The idea that anyone would reject God when the veil of this temporal existence is lifted is laughable.

[Nitehawk013]

Why would a creator tell us exactly what he wants from us in terms of living right and being sanctified, if in the end it doens't matter in the slightest? You can ignore every last jot and tittle in the Bible, but you are still going to heaven because no one actually goes to hell to the universalist. Just take your little "time out" in the flames for a minute until you cry uncle then it's fast lane to the pearly gates.

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by Nitehawk013

Why would a creator tell us exactly what he wants from us in terms of living right and being sanctified, if in the end it doens't matter in the slightest? You can ignore every last jot and tittle in the Bible, but you are still going to heaven because no one actually goes to hell to the universalist. Just take your little "time out" in the flames for a minute until you cry uncle then it's fast lane to the pearly gates.

Search out the scriptural quote: "....everyone will be salted with fire..." Your literal interpretation of hell is blasphemous toward God.

You start with a false premise about God and his purpose, you end up with the hideous doctrine of eternal damnation. If the traditional view were to be true it would define God as a bumbling failure. Its not true, go back and research your belief.

[Esaias]

The Bible does not teach 'universal salvation'.

The Bible does teach those who do not believe the gospel 'shall perish'.

The lake of fire is the final destiny of Death and Hades itself. There will 'be no more death'. That is the same destiny for those who are not found written in the book of Life.