Posted by:
CrispingPin
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Date: October 25, 2013 06:35PM
The reason that I could never again align myself with any Abrahamic religion is the concept of eternal reward or eternal punishment. If you believe in eternal life, you have to accept the fact that our mortal existence is 0% of eternity. One’s entire life is not even a drop of water in the Pacific Ocean, and yet we are taught that our decisions and actions in this blink of an eye will determine our destiny forever.
If I spent every waking minute of my life doing the most evil, vile actions I can imagine, I don’t deserve eternal punishment. Likewise, if I live the most chartable, giving, loving, selfless life I can, I don’t deserve eternal reward.
Some Christians try to side-step this by saying it isn’t a judgment, it’s just grace. But even those people will say that accepting Jesus as your savior is necessary. So even if Jesus is full of grace, he’s going to assign different eternal destinies based on a confession of faith. That certainly doesn't sound like a God of love to me.
IF there is a supreme being, he/she/it would have to be fair with his/her/its children. Rewarding or punishing infinitely for finite actions is as unfair as is possible.