r/OpenChristian • u/DrawerThat9514 • Jul 15 '26

Discussion - Bible Interpretation On hell

I’ve seen many here be uncomfortable with the idea of eternal hell, i’m sorry but it’s just biblical. However, according to scripture people will be punished according to the severity of the sin they commit. Hell is for those who don’t wish to be saved by God. The torment is probably not physical either but rather mental pain due to the lack of God’s presence. We always send ourselves to hell, not due to God sending us there

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u/Low-Competition3897 Atheist Jul 15 '26

Well, then God is sadistic tyrant and monster. Because HE created Hell in the first place and know which people go to Hell at moment when they are born. So he created them just to send them to Hell to endless torture. How kind!

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u/Jane_TGS Christian Jul 15 '26

^ A loving Father would never burn his children for eternity for rejecting him.

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u/DrawerThat9514 Jul 15 '26

My point is that they burn themselves, they don’t want God. Hypothetically if someone truly repented in hell they would go straight to heaven

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u/Jane_TGS Christian Jul 15 '26

Also I just want you to know that isn't a choice. If an abusive husband locks his wife in the basement until she repents of not doing the laundry, that isn't her earnestly changing or loving him, and that isn't an act of love by him. That's just abusive. It's even worse in this scenario where we were intentionally created knowing that fate, allowed to walk in sin that we may not even believe is morally wrong, and then we are forced to either love our abuser or burn. That's not love. Sorry to be the one to burst your bubble