Mercy Not Sacrifice
Well-Known Member
Dead serious question here: Does God deserve eternal Hell as just punishment for his crimes?
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Does God deserve eternal Hell?
- Thread starter Mercy Not Sacrifice
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slabbey06
Bond-Servant of Christ
No, He has not committed any. You and I have though, and we deserve eternal Hell as just punishment for our crimes.
I don't think anyone, regardless of what they've done, actually deserves to be tortured for all eternity. From what I've read of the bible(especially the old testament) saying God has comitted no crimes would be like saying Hitler is a saint. But that's just my opinion and despite that I still don't fell that God OR Hitler or anyone else for that matter deserves ETERNAL damnation. Perhaps temporary but eternally.
Aasimar
Atheist
Though in theory he committed numerous crimes of horrific magnitude, nobody deserves eternal punishment. Not Hitler, not God, not Ann Coulter, not that Westboro Baptist woman, no one.
Buttercup
Veteran Member
Hell yeah He does! I think he should have to spend at least a weekend there.....with no conjugal visits!
lilithu
The Devil's Advocate
Dead serious question here: What do you hope to gain from these kind of questions?
No conjugal visits??? Now, that's hell!
If we are talking about the God of the bible then I would say that the Character is no saint that is for sure. However nothing you could do deserves an eternity in hell. Of course to me the question is irrelevant. From my PoV neither God nor hell exists.
Which God are you talking about here? IMHO, the God of the OT is an often immoral character invented by humans who perhaps were themselves often immoral. But if you're talking about most people's notion of God, then I think most people imagine a much more moral deity than the folks who created the OT.
John_672
Omnitheist
Which God? How do you define God? What had God done to deserve Hell? Is the nature of right and wrong dependent upon what God has told us is right and wrong, or can we make our own decisions?
I really feel that you might be taking something that is meant to be symbolic as literal. It's a good question, but it serves only to show that we really don't know enough about the Divine, Morality, Hell, and what role the Divine truly plays in every day actions of men. There are too many unknown factors. Unfortunately, there was no "other" option to your thread, so I picked #3 - God simply doesn't deserve Hell.
I really feel that you might be taking something that is meant to be symbolic as literal. It's a good question, but it serves only to show that we really don't know enough about the Divine, Morality, Hell, and what role the Divine truly plays in every day actions of men. There are too many unknown factors. Unfortunately, there was no "other" option to your thread, so I picked #3 - God simply doesn't deserve Hell.
Melissa G
Non Veritas Verba Amanda
From the replies to this thread, it appears that God is either not one, but several. Different Gods for Different demonimations ? Even as a non-Christian, the question is plainly ludicrous. If God is omipotent, God surely could not be concieved of as sending God ( himself/itself)to Hell, over which he is supposed to have domination.
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gnomon
Well-Known Member
Why? Do you believe in God? If you don't, why even ask such a ridiculous question.
edit: if ever a poll deserved a Planet X option.
It is a very reasonable question imo!
gnomon
Well-Known Member
I expected that.