Reply #9: if the God I love is the kind of God that you describe, [View All]

[Bluerthanblue]

and the kind of god that many strict fundamentalist- judeo/christian bibleworshipping people describe God to be- then by all means i'll burn in hell eternally- because to live in a 'heaven' that was filled with other spirit/souls who could embrace such a God would be eternal damnation, and hell for my own spirit.

I cannot be truly content, at peace, and fulfilled while knowing that others are suffering and being treated as 'less than' for no reason- or for reasons that are as foolish, and random as what is held up as the 'righteous standard'-

We might be told to 'hate'- but that isn't something we can truly control- We have to be 'taught' to hate- trained to hate- and trained to think that our own needs/wants/perspectives supersede everyone /thing else. Compassion and empathy, along with the inborn desire to live in community are traits that humans have to nurture, not stifle- and any 'God' that encourages us to go against that, is not my idea of worthy of worship- following- embracing.

blu