re: God Has A Plan For Your Life

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we were forced into this world with only one way out or you burn in hell FOR ALL ETERNITY

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Who says?

Even if that is true, who really understands the entirety of that "one way out"?

Certainly not the type of people whose message and mode of delivery drive people AWAY from that one way.

We were told by Jesus, we believe, that he is the way, the truth, and the life. Those of us who believe in him, then, find comfort in that. But does it mean those that don't currently believe in him and who seem destined by circumstances never to believe in him are going to be damned for their disbelief?

I do believe in hell, but I believe that people knowingly choose to go there. Why would anyone choose that? It's a question worth considering. It's helpful to think about the meaning of the word "choice". If one doesn't understand the options, can he be considered to be making a choice?

Can an abused and perpetually depressed young person who has no vision of the good and chooses suicide be said to be CHOOSING eternal damnation? If so, I don't understand it, and it doesn't comport with my experience of what I believe is God.