iano writes:
Coercion you were free to escape from is no coercion at all.
I am free to escape from Hell without accepting Jesus as my savior? I don't understand.
From my reading of the Bible and talking to different preachers, the only way to escape Hell is to accept Jesus.
It's Jesus or "burn baby burn".
Maybe you are speaking of being free to believe or not. How does that keep me from Hell?
If God is real and He is the God you believe in, then my belief seems irrelevant except that it will still land me in Hell. The difference is that I don't believe the choice is real and you do. Therefore, your belief in that God puts you in the position of being coerced into accepting the Savior in order to obtain forgiveness. God refuses to forgive, a thing He could easily do, unless you accept His Son. For believers, it's Jesus or Hell. Serve me or die. How is this not coercion? How is this honorable?