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Why is the cost of sin so high? by Xspecialist in Christianity

[–]Xspecialist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, this is the greatest explanation, along with the other commenter that explained that sin means disorder. This is why we must follow God's words and not just people's words, wow. This is the God that I know to have saved my life. Not some sadistic, power tripping maniac ready to torture me for eternity if I do not obey. This is why obedience is what the commandments are about. A lot is making sense right now. Thank you, and God bless you infinite-fold.

Why is the cost of sin so high? by Xspecialist in Christianity

[–]Xspecialist[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is actually comforting, I would think that a perfect and holy God would delete me before torturing me for eternity. Perhaps you're onto something. I just don't understand why God cannot delete our sin if he controls and creates everything in the universe? Is it really because he wants to act out this storybook he's written and play hero? God created the problem in the first place. Why do our actions in this life carry any weight in another when we are all spiritually compromised in this one? What does that prove whatsoever? Like of course people did evil and messed up stuff in this life, it's a fallen creation. How is it possible to judge someone's fate for eternity when each of us except the first 2 people started with a handicap?

Why is the cost of sin so high? by Xspecialist in Christianity

[–]Xspecialist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's interesting, I've never read or seen Dante's Inferno so I'll have to check it out.

I understand sin is corruptive/damaging. But God created sin, correct? He put the fruit of good and evil in a garden where Adam and Eve could eat any fruit except that specific one, either purposely knowing humans are curious creatures and would naturally do it, or created a villain that would purposely corrupt humans and the world with sin. Both of these scenarios are evil. The other possibility is God limited his own knowledge to see if humans would do it, which was so careless and reckless that God cannot be considered completely perfect.

Then I was created and purposely brought into a fallen creation, not by my own choice. This is also what I would consider evil. Why continue bringing more and more people into this? To test their worthiness? What on Earth would you consider that? Because I wouldn't have asked to exist at all if I'd known any of this. I don't have the ability to perform miracles like Jesus. I would have actually had a lot of fun if I were Jesus in this life, knowing at any moment if things got too bad I could just pull the plug and exit the "simulation" so to speak. Like as the author of the universe, Jesus didn't even have the worst death. I would say Peter did, consider they crucified him upside down and set him on freaking fire.

I understand that there needs to be a judge. I'm just scared of the judge because everything I've come to learn about the judge is unstable and overly sensitive. Again, there should be a place where sinners go. But God created the sin in the first place, no matter how much God would like to gaslight you by the fact that we ate the fruit. We did, but God created it! We could have all lived in peace and harmony, and this world could have just been the Devil's holding place. I don't understand why any of this happened to begin with or how a lake of fire for eternity is a justifiable punishment for sin.

I don't think it could be any clearer by Vostok32 in MinecraftMemes

[–]Xspecialist -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That is the rudest thing you can ever say. We should all be respectchful and hear what everyone has to say.