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keithbvadu2

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41. I was taught that God is all-powerful and all-knowing, past, present and future.

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 02:55 PM

Jan 2019

I was taught that God is all-powerful and all-knowing, past, present and future.

Then, when making that soul, he already knows that person’s eternity.

That’s how he made it all to happen.

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Why would a loving God send people to Hell? [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2019 OP

It's all made up Blues Heron Jan 2019 #1

Was it "insane" for Thomas Jefferson to believe the following: Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #23

TJ was pretty insane Blues Heron Jan 2019 #28

He thought it ws alright to love them And own them as property Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #44

Ascertains, however popular, are not proof of any truth. gtar100 Jan 2019 #32

You imagine your hell, your demons and heaven, you don't see them Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #45

You have seen heaven and hell? MarvinGardens Jan 2019 #56

They are all around you. gtar100 Jan 2019 #58

I do not see them. MarvinGardens Jan 2019 #60

thank gawd im an A....... samnsara Jan 2019 #2

Most people are atheists! Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #18

The whole point of religion is to control people Major Nikon Jan 2019 #3

That it is used that way doesn't make it "the whole point". gtar100 Jan 2019 #33

Regardless of how you think it should be used, it's still a control mechanism Major Nikon Jan 2019 #35

You're still assuming "the whole point" is control of the masses. gtar100 Jan 2019 #36

Do you have an example of another use? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #37

Yes, the expression of gratitude for being alive and connecting gtar100 Jan 2019 #39

What you are describing is personal belief, not religion Major Nikon Jan 2019 #40

If he is a loving God why do people have diseases? blueinredohio Jan 2019 #4

+100 Duppers Jan 2019 #61

Why would a child pull wings off a fly? eShirl Jan 2019 #5

Lack of empathy for other living beings. gtar100 Jan 2019 #34

A god is the child and mere mortals are the bugs. eShirl Jan 2019 #42

I heard a burning hell was never mentioned in doc03 Jan 2019 #6

In the Book of Luke, Jesus mentioned it. Mariana Jan 2019 #19

There was a TV program about the origin of hell on the History channel? doc03 Jan 2019 #43

It's not logical at all, is it? MineralMan Jan 2019 #7

It's a metaphor Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #8

Ecclesiastes 3 ESV saidsimplesimon Jan 2019 #9

Answer please Duppers Jan 2019 #62

Religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question. walkingman Jan 2019 #10

See my response # 23 above Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #24

all knowing, all loving, all powerful Evergreen Emerald Jan 2019 #11

God pamdb Jan 2019 #12

I remember why back when being told by a clergyman packman Jan 2019 #13

So edhopper Jan 2019 #21

My position has always been that man sends himself to Hell. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #14

That's the "hell is separation from God," Igel Jan 2019 #25

I think it's called "free will." JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #48

Which rules? Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #27

Seems a sort of silly question. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #49

Then I have no idea what you meant Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #57

Judgment Day is a day spent in a hall of mirrors. gtar100 Jan 2019 #38

Well, God is Vengence (if you happen to believe in those sort of things) Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2019 #16

People send themselves to hell Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #17

Not if they were created by a god that is all-powerful and all-knowing LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #20

So they volunteer to be tortured for eternity Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #26

If you watch "The Good Place" edhopper Jan 2019 #22

My idea of hell is circumscribed. Igel Jan 2019 #29

God doesn't send people to Hell. vlyons Jan 2019 #30

First let's scour the Bible for proof that what the Bible says Croney Jan 2019 #31

I was taught that God is all-powerful and all-knowing, past, present and future. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #41

Thus denying free will... uriel1972 Jan 2019 #46

True... There is no free will... There is allowed will. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #47

There can't even be that. All actions and choices would have been known prior to creation, LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #53

Not as brain-busting as you think. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #50

Carlin made that point. nycbos Jan 2019 #52

"God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #54

😂 Duppers Jan 2019 #63

As co creators of our life, WhiteTara Jan 2019 #55

Of all the weird things about the Abrahamic religions Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #59