I Am Christian

If god is supposed to love us so damn much, why is his need to have us come to him without proof more important to him than the well-being off our eternal soul?

I mean, if you had a human parent who was more concerned that you love them without any real reason than they were with their child's well-being you would consider them to be a pretty awful, selfish parent, yes?

That's not love.

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MetalGreymon · 36-40, M

@thisisnotanexit

If it happens it happens. Can't do anything about it because i can't force belief where there is none.

Yeah i've heard that too. A Pretty feeble comparison in my opinion.
In that scenario the addict knows that what they are doing is wrong and destructive. They can't as a rule help themselves really but you can still call it a decision to do the wrong thing.
And so they suffer the consequences of it.

But in the case of non-believers it's not a matter of believing that god is real and jesus is his son and going the other way. It's a lack of belief. A reasonable lack of belief at that since there's no proof that he exists. Or at least proof that is only proof if you already believe.
And while a human parent can only do so much to try and help their addict child, god could save us all by simply openly declaring his existence to us.
But apparently it's more important to him that we have faith in him than it is that we not burn forever.

So essentially for the crime of lacking faith god is willing to let his children be tortured excruciatingly for eternity. An infinite punishment for a finite crime. No hope for parole, no lesson to be learned. Punishment for punishment's sake.

I'm sorry but you'll have to explain to me how that describes love.