Comments on: Misjudging Judas

By: drjean

drjean — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:58:54 +0000

Hell was not originally created for mankind. When Lucifer, the greatest archangel in heaven, allowed his power to go to his “head” so to speak, and determined he would be God, he sinned. A third of the angels in heaven followed him. God could not, and can not, allow evil in heaven in His presence. God threw them out of His heaven, down to the earth.
Man was created to bring fellowship to God. Not like the angels who served Him, but someone with a free will that would honor and serve Him because he wanted to…which is exactly why Lucifer, who’s newer name is Satan, was able to con man into also sinning against God. Because of that, the hell that God created for the fallen angels, now also will hold those who rebel against God’s perfection and love.
Without the saving grace of God, without accepting God’s love gift of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection to cover our sin-through-birth because we are of Adam, a sinful person, we cannot enter heaven. Without Christ, we would end up in hell, the place created for the fallen angels.
BTW, there is more written historically about Christ and His life and miracles, than there is about Caesar who lived at the same time. You don’t doubt Caesar lived, do you?
It is only man’s (woman’s) pride that keeps him from accepting God’s love, and His way of getting to heaven. It isn’t a requirement that He created because He is a demanding God. It’s a way He provided at high cost, to counter what evil did to His creation…so that we may still live with Him in heaven. God is all about Love. He is Love. Don’t resist His Love. This isn’t about hatred or a vengeful God wanting anyone to “jump through hoops” for His pleasure. It’s about His providing a way for eternal happiness, which is what He desired for us in the first place.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:06:25 +0000

Danielle again– sorry, I wish to include my id if u will: evildouble102
Thanks

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:04:55 +0000

I have to say wow. I enjoyed reading this entry very much. I just kind of wandered here; but, I too have been questioning things relating to traditional views. For example I don’t think there is a “hell” anymore. I feel that it is faulty to say “God is all-forgiving” and then say but he punishes those who do wrong or what not by damning them to hell? It just doesn’t make sense to me. If indeed he is all-forgiving and it is true that anyone can be forgiven by the sacrifice of his son, Jesus Christ, then why is their a need for this “hell” and it does really exist and what is said in the bible is true, wouldn’t it be the “fallen angels” who reside there among them Lucifer? I know it goes against my religion being brought up Roman Catholic, against a lot of what is a core belief. I still consider myself a catholic or more accurately atleast a christian; but, I do not believe in the existence of hell because it says everyone can be forgiven. I do not believe that even people like Charles Manson are really evil, I just think they were doing what they thought was right, regareless if we think it was wrong or not (which I am not saying it was right; just that it was his reality that what he was doing was right). I must tell you originally I decided to deny the existence of hell to justify suicide; but, now it is for a different reason altogether. What do you think?