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Faith in God is Not About Sending People to Hell
My understanding why God had the salvation plan
Lately, I have been reading many articles bashing Christians. While I understand the image of hypocrisy and religious indignation that have turned a faith/love belief into a meme, there is an underlying theology that seems to be missing.
I am, by no mean a theologian, nor do I have extensive expertise in all things God or Christian. What I do have, is my two-cents understanding of my beliefs and how I understand Biblical salvation.
A common question often asked of Christians is how could an all-loving God send people to hell? The image is often of an all powerful God, sitting on a mighty throne, all the way up in Heaven, playing Whack-A-Mole with the godless sinners down on Earth. The fear of hell as an eternal threat to anyone who refuses Jesus. Basically “the Saved” giving “the Unsaved” an “offer that the can’t refuse.” (Best Godfather-voice imitation)
The problem, as I see it, is that the question is backwards. God does not sent people to Hell. It is already our final destination. Original sin, committed by our ancestors, daddy Adam and mother Eve, left its eternal genetic imprint on mankind. Every human born after (except for Jesus) till the end of time carries that spiritual sin gene and since the…
