any kind of endless punishment for god’s creation does not seem to coincide with the god i know who forgave the ones who killed him even as he hung, splayed and bloody, on the cross. punishment, clearly, consequences yes, but endless, eternal, never-to-cease, now that you have seen the lamb of god in glory? it is enough to make me determine that this is a belief without enough integrity to bother with. may as well name god myself and dance under the stars.

i sometimes wonder about the human “no” - as daniel said it is an integral part. perhaps it is as simple as the fact god will allow (as in revelation) as many experiences as will cause every soul to say yes, so that “every knee will bow and every tongue confess that jesus christ is lord.” (i believe cs lewis said something to this effect - something about god asking as many times as it takes a soul to say yes). it is the “you only have this life until your body dies to make this choice” that puzzles me.

do i keep saying the same thing over and over? sorry.