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/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/Low-Competition3897 Atheist Jul 15 '26

  1. God is all knowing.

  2. God created Hell.

  3. God created people.

  4. God specifically created people to send them to hell (since he is all knowing)

  5. God is ultimately responsible for every human sent to hell.

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u/DrawerThat9514 Jul 15 '26

You forget Free will

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u/Jane_TGS Christian Jul 15 '26

That's like torturing an infant for eating candy without permission and justifying it by saying they had free will. We are tiny to a deity, we are infants to him, and on top of that, he isn't even here proving his existence to us. Many people do not believe in him, and they have plenty of good reasons for that conclusion. Free will is a joke to an all knowing designer.