A sinner is a person who commits a fairly major sin at some point in their life
There is at least one sin that can be forgiven
A sinner can realize they are in hell
God wishes for as many as are willing of his children to experience heaven
Then there must be forgiveness for at least some sinners. Perhaps there are those who would rather burn for eternity than admit wrongdoing and present themselves as vulnerable and subservient to an authority they resent, that's very believable to me.
What is unbelievable is the idea that a person who murders his brother in anger, and then himself in grief, would become unwilling to seek or accept forgiveness.
And if by deific decree it becomes impossible to repent after death, then that deity is insane, and only holds power because he holds power, not because he is worthy of power.
You either obey the law or you go to prison. If you break the law hard enough you die.
You either eat or you starve.
I can't reconcile endless torment with a God that cares for its creations, but I can absolutely reconcile bad choices with negative consequences.
Why? Ten thousand years of repentance sounds like long enough to justify one's forgiveness.
Given:
Then there must be forgiveness for at least some sinners. Perhaps there are those who would rather burn for eternity than admit wrongdoing and present themselves as vulnerable and subservient to an authority they resent, that's very believable to me.
What is unbelievable is the idea that a person who murders his brother in anger, and then himself in grief, would become unwilling to seek or accept forgiveness.
And if by deific decree it becomes impossible to repent after death, then that deity is insane, and only holds power because he holds power, not because he is worthy of power.