[AceofSpades]

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No, I don't believe in reincarnation, but I think you have plenty of opportunities to reconsider your decisions in the one life you do have.

Yes, I think hell is a conscious choice. Plenty of people would take Faust's deal. Even without the bonuses on offer, people prefer being boss now, and not worry about later.

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I take it that you were born into a christian family and became saved at an early age?

If the choice was really clear, that is an ACTUAL choice, instead of many confusing signs pointing different directions then there would be only one religion.

To assume that so many people make a choice that ultimately results in eternal agony forever, while actually knowing the outcome of their decision is simply to assume that that the vast majority of the world are totally insane.

And is corporal punishment really justice for decisions made while insane?

Think about it this way, if people really knew that they were choosing hell by not following christianity then at the very least, even considering people's desire for what is considered sin, everybody would become saved in their old age, or when they knew they had a life threatening disease. But this simply doesn't happen.