12-03-2003, 11:05 PM
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Originally posted by Yakk
The view of hell as "absence of god" is a pretty good arguement.
Imagine that god forgives everything. Unconditionally. Period. There is nothing you can do that is beyond the scope of god's forgiveness.
Now, imagine if god gave you true free will. You gained the ability to reject god. God forgives you, god loves you, but you have the choice not to return this love, not to accept this forgiveness. Without choice, there is no free will. Without consequences, choice is but an illusion.
When you die without love for god, if god took you against your will, that wouldn't be a free choice. You'd be going to god dispite making the choice of rejecting him.
And without free will, you aren't anything. There is nothing there without your free will, nothing to harm, and nothing to love. You'd be no more than a rock.
The hard part is, accepting god's love and forgiveness isn't easy. Believeing, with all your heart, all your soul, isn't easy.
Either that, or this entire god thing is a great example of an infectious meme.
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