[chezlaw]

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As to the rest of your posts, I agree. I don't think the christian god would condemn anyone for not believing in him. Its just nasty strain of christianity that demeens god so.

chez

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Hmm. Not sure I go quite that far. I guess it depends what you mean by 'not believing in him'. The bible is explicit and consistent about the fact that some kind of judgement and potential punishment are coming. Thankfully we are not in a position to do the judging, and all we know is that those who actually trust God (regardless of what they say) will be fine.

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In that case, I disagree with you. He created many of us unable to believe in him and if he damns us for it then he is not benevlent.

and if his not benevelent then you have no reason to believe that you can trust his word even if the bible is his word.

chez