Christianity is one of the most absurd religions in the world. It is a religion that teaches that God fathered himself, as well as his son, so that his son is his father and his father is his son, and his son's father is his father's father's son. Or something like that. In any case, the deity supposedly died via sacrificing himself to himself to let out all of his wrath toward his creations upon himself. He was mad at humans for their sinful nature that he created them with, and so he took out all of his anger upon himself, so that he could save humanity from going to Hell. The sacrificial atonement covers ALL sins, with the exception of one, namely, the sin of unbelief, which is punishable by an eternity in Hell. All other sins, no matter how evil, are excused, but unbelief in the deity or the sacrifice the deity made is punishable by an eternity of damnation, and in fact is the *only* thing that matters in determining whether one spends eternity in Hell or in the "Kingdom of Heaven" as it is so often referred to. Is this weird or what? Even as a child, I remember thinking about how weird it was that Christianity had such a crazy story, and that BELIEF was the sole criterion for determining one's eternal fate, and that unbelief was the only sin in the religion.
Rather, I find it is Christendom ( apostate Christians ) who teach God fathered himself.
Scripture teaches God is from everlasting ( No beginning)
Whereas the pre-human heavenly Jesus was the beginning of the creation by God - Revelation 3:14 B.
So, only God was before the beginning. Jesus was Not before the beginning as God was before the beginning.
Also, Christendom ( Not Christianity ) teaches a religious-myth hell of burning forever.
Whereas, the Bible's hell is simply mankind's temporary stone-cold grave for the sleeping dead.
Jesus and the old Hebrew Scriptures teach un-conscious sleep in death:
- John 11:11-14; Psalms 6:5; Psalms 13:3; Psalms 115:17; Psalms 146:4; Isaiah 38:18; Ecclesiastes 9:5
The Bible's hell ( aka grave) comes to a final end according to Revelation 20:13-14.
After everyone in biblical hell is ' delivered up ' ( that means resurrected out of the Bible's hell ) then emptied-out hell is then cast into a symbolic ' second death ' for vacated hell.
Plus, Christendom mostly ignores that Jesus taught humble meek people will inherit the Earth - Psalms 37:9-11.
We are all invited to pray the invitation for Jesus to come ! - Revelation 22:20
Come and bring the benefit of healing to earth's nations as per Revelation 22:2.
Earth's nations are here on Earth, so this is where the healing for earth's nations will be.
Healing as described in Isaiah 35th chapter.
So, don't let the false teachings of Christendom crowd out that besides heaven, everlasting life on Earth is also promised.
Humble meek people will inherit the Earth.