Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.
~When you think of hell, do you think of love?
~If I told you that I was willing to disown my sons because they broke even just one of my rules, what would you think of me?
~If a fellow citizen is not just inferior to you but so radically inferior that she is destined to torment in hell, how exactly do you keep that belief from treating her with any sort of contempt and degradation imaginable? After all, she’s going to hell anyway.
~How can God judge people for doing what they sincerely believe is correct?
~Even if you come to believe in a God like this, what sort of fear-mongering tyrant must He be for creating and promising an eternity like this?
~How can God send people to hell who have never heard about Jesus?
~What can a person possibly do in this brief life which would justify eternal punishment and misery?
~Such a vengeful God can only produce vengeful people who do all the evils that religious wars and persecution have ever done. When Muslims kill infidels, at least this makes sense in a way.
~Religion is just the opiate of the people, encouraging them to seek satisfaction in a future life which will never come. They think evildoers will be punished eventually, so they do nothing to improve the situation of the world now. How can a loving God lead people into such indifference?
~It’s narrow-minded to think that only people who agree with you go to heaven.
Links:
The importance of Hell (Timothy Keller)
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