Re: hell
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finally madnak, do you believe that people should be punished for breaking the law? do you believe in punshiment that is proportional to your (wrongful) deeds? it seems that you think finite punishment is ok, do you think infinite reward is ok?
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I don't think people "should" be punished at all. I think punishment is an unfortunate necessity in the real world as a deterrent, and I think containment strategies (also unfortunate necessities) are only incidentally "punishment." Ideally, if we lived in a world without our constraints, then there would be no punishment (there would be no criminals either, in such a world).
Regarding infinite "reward," I see no problem with it. Infinite suffering is bad, infinite happiness is good. How are you not understanding my position here? It's really not that complicated. It's a philosophy I call "benevolence," maybe your God should learn about it sometime.
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But it wouldn't be just. Infinite reward for finite good deeds (whether these good deeds are merely accepting Jesus Christ or actual, meaningful good deeds) are probably never DESERVING of infinite reward. It would be benevolent, but unjust, for God to give them to us, wouldn't it?
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