A non believer is lost with out God, he is stuck in his sin.
Hell will be the absence of love. You dont feel hate filled because of the work of God in your life. The feeling and emotions God has given you are important for the existence of free will.

Lewis points out, for the non believer it would be hell to be with God for eternity. Which means there is a deeper rejection going on than we may know.

We are not talking about a magical man from above. I am talking about a God who spoke the universe into existence by the power of his word.

First of all you never judge a philosophy by its abuse. Becareful when you point the finger at the church. You forget about all the church does to help poverty, sexual abuse, ect. Those in power do more than you may think.

All sin shall be forgive men, even the most unimaginable. This is because Christ sacrifice on the cross cost him so much. For the first time in ETERNITY the Father as it were turned his back on him.

Here is a link to answer your question. EDWIN M. YAMAUCHI is professor of history at Miami University , ohio. Edwin M. Yamauchi, who teaches courses in ancient Near Eastern ( Mesopotamian and Egyptian), Greek and Roman history, and early Christianity.


http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/yama.html

God has done more than enough for you or I to be forgiven. God is long suffering, slow to anger, abounding in mercy. He shows us this at the cross, where for the first time in eternity He was separated as it were from himself, as he took sin upon himself. Anyone can be forgiven, God made it so easy. But without the blood sacrifice, it is impossible to see God, for he is holy. We cannot stand in his presence in our present state. God is willing to forgive you if you ask.

The reason stoning people is no longer practiced is because a new covenant has come in between God and His people The full price of sin has been paid.

Am i free to express my worldview?

You have a misunderstanding of hell. Hell is separation from God. God is love. Hell will be the absence of love. God is good. Hell will be the absence all that is good. Hate will consume you. Hope will be lost. The bible uses metaphorical language when speaking about hell. It is a scary thing to be lost from God forever.

Now it is the love of God that leads us to repentance, so I dont say this hoping you will now turn from your sins and repent. I say this only to correct you, hoping you now realize what it is we are talking about.

Yes, stoning was an old testament practice used by a group of people chosen by God to be Holy. The payment for sin had not come yet in its fullness. God chose this group of people and no one else, and revealed himself to them in a special way. Because of this he had certain laws that had to be followed. Today we are under new covenant with God. God is HOLY.

1. There are many different practices of religion. The question should be has God chosen to reveal himself to mankind and if so, how. All religions obviously cant be true, this leads to contradiction. A good worldview is logically consistent, empirically adequate, and experientially relevant. I believe Christianity meets these three tests for a good worldview.

2. A person is separated from God because of sin. If he or she does not do anything about it they will die that way, separated forever. There must be a payment for sin. You or I cannot stand before a holy God in the condition we are in. God is perfect. He is the only being who's reason for existence is in himself. Islam has no payment for sin, neither do any of the other world religions. In Christianity God enters into humanity that he might become that sacrifice for the sin of mankind. Its the only religion that solves the problem of sin.

3. I agree with you most all religion seems to be manmade. In Christianity we have something different, something real, a mystery. "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God, He was with God in the beginning"

That is why the Bible calls it a miracle.

But if your an atheist what is going on in the world is just relative to how you feel.

Science cannot disprove nor prove what God can nor cannot do. This is the area of philosophy and logic. The bible and philosophy fit very well together.

What basis do you have for saying there is evil in the world? Is this not an appeal to your own relative moral feelings and opinions? Why are your feelings authoritative?"

The fact that you recognize evil in the world is a suggestive argument for the existence of God. Why?
Because if evil exists, then good exists. If good and evil exist then a moral law exists. If a moral law exists then there must be a moral law giver to judge right from wrong, good from evil.


God can do anything power can do. He will not do that which contradicts his own nature. "All things are possible through God" must be taken in context and in light of other scripture.

God can do anything power can do. The bible clearly says God cannot swear by a name greater than himself, it also says God cannot lie.

Thanks TB Rich, it truly does, but I believe it because it is true, not because it brings me peace and strength.

Yes He did, but you must read it in the context He is talking about.

Glorify the lord with the gifts he has given you. Eric Littel (Chariots of Fire) purpose was to ultimatly goto China as a missionary. While he waited on the Lord He ran to glorify God.

"God has made me for a purpose", "but he has also made me fast and when I run I feel his pleasure"

What basis do the you have for saying there is evil in the world?" " Is this not an appeal to your own relative moral feelings and opinions?" "Why should your feelings be authoritative?"

"The question of why God allows the persistence of evil is distinct from the question of why He permitted it in the first place. The biblical answer to the issue of persistence of evil probably has to do with God's strategy for insuring the on-going and safe existence of freedom in the universe."