Do you believe people choose to go to hell by not listening to God?

I've heard people say that. To me that'd be like saying that if a husband tells his wife if she cheats he'll kill her, and she doesn't listen and cheats anyway. He finds out and kills her like he said he would, and it was her choice to die cause she knew that would happen if she did cheat.
Take that situation but instead of husband it'd be God, instead of cheating it'd be sinning, and instead of dying it'd be going to hell forever.
Only difference is God is perfect so with him in place of the husband it'd be holy and just.

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SatanBurger · 36-40, F

Well with the husband and wife scenario, I agree that being dishonest to someone is bad like cheating but you also can't force someone to stay if they're not going to. You can't force someone not to cheat. In real life we call that murder when a spouse decides to off another spouse.

And even though I agree that it would be bad to cheat, what kind of husband threatens to kill someone for cheating? I mean personally, you don't know their dynamic. What if the wife cheats because she doesn't feel loved and gets it from somewhere else? Or what if he was abusive from the get go?

Sure he could be a great person too but that leaves a lot of questions.

Only difference is God is perfect so with him in place of the husband it'd be holy and just.

No, it's just abusive.. plain and simple. If there was a God, they'd know that in life you can't always make the right decisions. Life is tough for so many in different parts of the world, you can't always be good. If there was a God, it may not even be Jesus, it could be something different. Then again, it could be Jesus. But whoever it would be hypothetically should know what is in your heart that matters and should be able to look at personal decisions.

Life is so much more complicated than that.