Re: [TruthTalk] Narrow way not " loving"?

[Dave Hansen]

DAVEH:  The question is what qualifies as justice, Kevin.  If in a few unthinking moments of rebellion one decides to eschew Jesus for another (Muslim) religion for example, is it just for God to forever physically torture that person?   I understand that Jesus paid a terrible price for us.  But did not his suffering last a finite amount of time?  Yet the justice many Protestants presume God will mete out is a much worse physical torture than Jesus endured that continues forever.   How do you equate these two enormously painful physical punishments that are caused by torture so that justice is served, when one is a temporary pain, and the other is infinite? Kevin Deegan wrote: DAVEH says I just don't feel comfortable believing in a God who relishes torture, Lance.  I prefer to believe God is loving, merciful and would that all his creation benefit from their existence.   I am sure all condemned criminals also prefer Mercy rather than Justice. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.