05-09-2007, 08:44 PM
>>> I would imagine it would really bum him out to ship people to hell, but that's part of free
>>> agency, in that we have been given that choice.
>
>> Sorry, but that doesn't wash. To be legally binding, it requires informed consent.
>
> You're going to have to explain this one a little more.
We haven't been given a choice. Having a "choice" implies that we understand and consent to the rules.
Unless God sits each and every one of us down at a conference table and explains both the rules and the consequences for disobeying them we cannot be said to have had a "choice" to go to hell.
Merely having a bible is not sufficient. There's a few million different versions. Which one is the one we're supposed to follow? Which rules in that book take priority over other rules when there is a conflict?
If God wants to make this a matter of a simple "choice" then he's got to give us the real rules of the game.
Otherwise there's no choice at all in the matter. It's pure chance. Pick a religion, spin a wheel, heaven or hell.
>>> agency, in that we have been given that choice.
>
>> Sorry, but that doesn't wash. To be legally binding, it requires informed consent.
>
> You're going to have to explain this one a little more.
We haven't been given a choice. Having a "choice" implies that we understand and consent to the rules.
Unless God sits each and every one of us down at a conference table and explains both the rules and the consequences for disobeying them we cannot be said to have had a "choice" to go to hell.
Merely having a bible is not sufficient. There's a few million different versions. Which one is the one we're supposed to follow? Which rules in that book take priority over other rules when there is a conflict?
If God wants to make this a matter of a simple "choice" then he's got to give us the real rules of the game.
Otherwise there's no choice at all in the matter. It's pure chance. Pick a religion, spin a wheel, heaven or hell.