Is God planning on sending 21.01% of the Islamics, 13.26% of the Hindus, 5.84% of the Buddhists, and 0.23% of the people of Judaism to Hell merely for using their free will which God purposely created knowing the results of the future?

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• Yeah but now that I think about it religion is just another form of control. In the beginnning it was do unto others as others do unto you and now it is join my religion or die.

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  by Lady Justice on July 31st, 2008

• i agree

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  by PixieDust_and_DemonHorns on August 1st, 2008

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• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/xx.html

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  by Lady Justice on July 3rd, 2008

• This is telling me that those are percentages of the world's pop. that believe these relgions. So I guess what you're asking is if God plans on sending 21.01% of the pop. to hell because they are Muslim and so on. To that question my response is: "Why don't you ask Him?"

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  by PT girl 08 on July 3rd, 2008

• Well the problem is I can't find him. I am not asking for a priest because he will merely use what the book told him which was written by men. I will not talk to myself either.

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  by Lady Justice on July 3rd, 2008

• Well, then, what do you believe in?

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  by PT girl 08 on July 3rd, 2008

• Logic and reason. I will not be lowered into religion ever again. I was so embarrassed when I left it that I vowed to be the enlightener till my very death so that the world wouldn't be left in the dark. That is what I believe in, truth and justice.

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  by Lady Justice on July 3rd, 2008

• Well, quite a few people on AB have attempted that, and were a lot better at debating, but they still failed. You are wasting your time.

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  by ninja man on August 1st, 2008

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• Hell is in the Torah, the Bible, and the Qur'an. These are the books that also teach us about heaven. If you believe in heaven because of these scriptures, you have to also believe in hell. It isn't made up after the fact, it is related to us at the same time.

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  by Spengo on August 23rd, 2008

• What is the purpose of "hell"? Why can't you believe that God loves you unconditionally? Do you think that he created you so that he could judge you and punish you for not being "perfect"? When God looks at you he is looking at himself because he is in you. Why would God send himself to "hell"? Since you are so big on the bible read John 3:16. That says all we need to know. The debt has been settled for us. We don't have to suffer to get divine grace.

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  by val gal on August 24th, 2008

• You are assuming I'm Christian. I also mentioned the Torah and the Qur'an. Again, if you are believing the Bible, you have to believe all of it. You can't pick and choose your favorite passage to custom tailor religion. God made the rules. If you want to continue on your thought process and move down this road, I am going to have to ask you this, if there is no hell, do we have free choice? If there is no consequence, there is no wrong answer, thus, there is no sin. If you believe the debt was paid in advance, then you have to believe what was said about the debt being paid. In the bible it also says "The only way to the Father is through me" which means you have to believe and go through Jesus Christ. So the people that don't believe and follow the word of Jesus Christ, are they going to heaven? What about devil worshippers? What about long time murderers and sociopaths that denounce God? Will they share heaven with you?

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  by Spengo on August 24th, 2008

• I get the feeling that you really want to believe that God is not judging you. I had a spiritual experience at which time I received intense God consciousness. I also received a message that I would never truly die;only my human body would perish. God is in you. One drop of the ocean is made up of the same things as the entire ocean itself but in different quantity. That is why we are to love others, because in doing so we are loving God. Sin is only an appearance. It is only of the temporal world. It's not real. I wish everyone could know the joy of a God who loves UNCONDITIONALLY. It's euphoric! All is well!!

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  by val gal on August 25th, 2008

• I agree with some of your statement, but my question about your metaphore about the drop in the ocean, are you implying that i am part God? Because I'm part of His creation. I don't believe that if everyone on earth that had ever existed came together that we would reach Godliness. No matter what happens, God is infinite adn we are not. Any portion of infinite is still infinite. As far as sin goes, we know what sin is because God told us what it is. To say it doesn't exist is saying that God is wrong, and that isn't possible. I believe that I will be judged. I have not ever doubted that. I'm intrigued by your experience though..please, go on

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  by Spengo on August 25th, 2008

• Yes. You are part God. You are spirit (God), soul (intellect, ego), and body. The spirit part of you wants to talk about this because it is the part that is infinite. The ego is reporting lies to you because the ego only gets information through the use of five human senses which are temporal, not spiritual. You are the highest manifestation of God on Earth. Simply put, God wanted to express himself and he is using you to do it. The universe is infinite because it is constantly in a state of creation, or God expressing himself.

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  by val gal on August 27th, 2008

• I disagree, not to be argumentative...but the fact that I believe in God means that I believe in the way that it makes sense to me and the way that it was taught. I was always taught that God is infinite and we are merely His creation. God didn't seperate Himself into 6 billion littler bits on earth. We are His expression and His design, but we are in no way part of Him, the same way that a car isn't part of the car manufacturer. It might be the design of the manufacturer to serve the purpose that the manufacturer desired, but a car is in no way a living being. We are in no way Godly even though we are His creation.

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  by Spengo on August 27th, 2008

• He did it for you, not for himself. He created you just so you could experience him, FOR YOU!! It's all about YOU!! I realize that it may be hard to wrap your brain around this. His love is so intense that he loved you BEFORE YOU EXISTED. Wow!! How can this be? Trying to explain it would be like trying to fit eternity into an 8 oz. cup. You are not here so that you could be judged and punished. This is a lie that your ego is telling you. The ego is the enemy of the spirit because it knows that the spirit is eternal, infinitely more powerful.

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  by val gal on August 27th, 2008

• I agree that He loved me before I existed...but the reward isn't on earth...we can't be infinite on earth with a finite lifespan. When we die we get judged and if we have repayed God's love with our life devoted to Him, we get infinite reward. The reward isn't earth...or life...it's life after earth

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  by Spengo on August 27th, 2008

• I may not have communicated clearly. Life on Earth is only a pitstop. It is only a very small part of the journey. You are absolutely right that the reward is not on Earth! We are so stuck in our human bodies which are governed by our five senses that we forgot why we came here in the first place. I think you're on the right track but we are here to grow spiritually, not to be "judged". There is only ONE SPIRIT which is God and there is a little bit of him in each person. This is the part that lives forever. This is your TRUE SELF.

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  by val gal on August 28th, 2008

• My whole motivation for this is an attempt to show you that you don't have to live in fear of not pleasing God. He approves of everything you do. Everything is EXACTLY the way it is supposed to be at this moment. I want you to know the joy of unconditional love. The fear of displeasing God actually blocks you from what he wants you to HAVE. He wants you to love...FOR YOU. He wants you to have him. I am so passionate about it because I want you to experience the joy of it. When God made me a drug addict he was simply knocking on my door in his desire for me to HAVE HIM--for me!!

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  by val gal on August 28th, 2008

• I do understand that I don't have to live in fear of God and I do look forward to my time in heaven. I have never questioned that, but I still don't think my spirit is God's spirit...I see it as the spirit God gave me, but in no way is it His.

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  by Spengo on August 28th, 2008

• Like a Catholic priest once told me: "All that matters is that you believe".

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  by val gal on August 29th, 2008

• Spengo, I am happy for you that you have a higher power and I wish you happiness as long as you live...and thereafter.

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  by val gal on August 29th, 2008

• Spengo, God IS SPIRIT.

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  by val gal on September 5th, 2008

• God is more than just Spirit. Even if God was just spirit, that doesn't mean that our spirit is Him.

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  by Spengo on September 5th, 2008

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• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/xx.html

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  by Lady Justice on July 3rd, 2008

• Well from what I have heard only Christians can go to Heaven. It even says so in the Old testament.

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  by Lady Justice on July 3rd, 2008

• And remember God never makes a mistake so all the rules in the Old Testament and the New should stick around and should be enforced because the Bible is always right.

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  by Lady Justice on July 3rd, 2008

• ok and which bible do u wanna go with out of the 28 there are...

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  by LuckyLefty on July 3rd, 2008

• how about the bible of bernarbus? ever heard of that? no u haven't... the catholic church banned it in 1920s, before that it was in heavy circulation. get yourself a copy.

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  by LuckyLefty on July 3rd, 2008