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Originally Posted by arloiginla
Wrong, I think I already explained that those who were not privy to Christianity and simply lived their lives to the best of their abilities based on what they knew, would go to heaven. No just God would condemn someone from birth. We all have a chance to secure heaven as an eternal destiny. We will be judged based on what we do know, not based on what we don't.
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But this is simply your interpretation or one commonly expoused by modern day Christian apologists. Where did this come from? What is the basis of this belief? I have studied the Bible and even the Torah and Talmud and there is nothing to justify any of this. If anything, if you read the ancient Jewist texts in context, there may not even be a "hell" in terms of how the Christian Church adopted that theology.
This is simply a way to rationalize your own beliefs with a rigid belief system. Human compassion and empathy is not compatible with Biblical punishment. You have to go back to your explanation in the god who creates a beautiful girl but then condemns her to eternal torture simply because she rejected him wanted her own freedom as being "perfectly acceptable".