I know two celestial quotes one is in Ecclessiastics (sp) that says there is nothing new under the sun and (Matthew 5) that God causes the sun to shine on the evil and the good. I see nothing about his love shining on the good and the bad. I don't think He would love anything evil and might not be able to bear the sight of evil...it is an unpleasant stench to Him (Jeramiah). But His way of showing love was to send His Son to suffer for the evils of man ...someone once said this is why Jesus cried that God had forsaken him because at that moment God couldn't look at the evil being done to His Son so its said He turned away from Jesus's suffering.   See 58 other replies

Isn't it said God's love shines on everyone?   See 58 other replies

I don't know so much as die but maybe it would feel like dying as to be away from the source would be the same as the fruit furtherest from the root or even cut off from the vine withers.   See 58 other replies

Nice view on Christianity Keith (best i've heard...sounds like what the gospel of James was trying to say.)   See 58 other replies

Well, everyone dies anyway regardless of belief. Death, not god, is the ultimate reality.And what of those that aren't informed? Not everyone has access to god/jesus's teachings. Not everyone meets, or sees, or reads about those spreading the lord's words. What of them?To say people with differing opinions are corrupt is close minded. Was Mother Theresa Corrupt? Was Ghandi? They believed differently, yet they helped so many. To help other people IS god's work, even if it isn't done in his name.And if the bible is true, then which interpretation of the bible? Christianity isn't the same as Catholicism, the old testament and new testament are different, and not everyone accepts both as doctrine. If even something as simple as which translation or interpretation of a book can have so many different results wouldn't be easier just to try to live a good life?   See 58 other replies

But if God is the source of life, and a life away from God means that it is a life away from the source of life, then the natural course of events would mean a person living a life away from that source would eventually die. Is it more compassionate then to force someone to believe for their own good, or to allow them to believe of their own accord, having informed them fully of the consequences of their decision before allowing nature to take its course?To look at it another way, if the bible is true and God is real, then the God who created all of existence would be pretty well related to the truth and reality. Anyone in that case who "disagrees" with him, by definition, would NOT be aligned with the truth or reality, which would make them corrupt. So would it be compassionate to punish those who were without blame and aligned with the truth by allowing corruption to continue to exist and attacking them throughout all eternity by constantly renewing it or to allow it to die out on its own?Just playing (though it seems so inappropriate to put it this way in this case) devil's advocate here.   See 58 other replies