You're going to have to do a lot of explaining to reconcile this:
"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men."
with the idea of a loving god of mercy.
I don't know if you have kids or not. I have a son. I wouldn't condemn him to an eternity of suffering for anything. I couldn't. I love him, and to me the very concept of love is irreconcilably at odds with an eternity of suffering. There are a great many things my son could do that would sadden me profoundly, and perhaps he could even do something that I would find unforgivable (although nothing comes to mind right now), but I can't think of a thing that would make me wish upon him eternal suffering, much less compel me to impose it upon him.
That you, or anyone, can believe in a perfectly merciful, loving god who would do such a thing is incomprehensible to me.
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus. -- Thomas Jefferson
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. -- Barack Obama
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
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