Rakastava Jumala ja Ikuinen Helvetti = ?

Tuossa linkissä monen sellaisen kertomus jonka elämä meni pilalle ikuisen helvetin kidutus-saarnaamisen takia. Sitaatissa yksi näistä:

"..The false teaching of eternal torment had a terribly condemning effect on my younger brother and I for decades.

Our parents weren't 'church-goers', but mom sent us to VBS at a nearby church when we were 6 & 8 years old. It was there that we first heard about how Jesus loves us and how God will 'let' the devil torture us forever if we don't believe in Jesus.

My brother, now age 46, has never set foot in a church in the 40 years since that week.

The few times that I'd gone to church with friends in my teens and early 20's, I never felt like I fit in....I wasn't 'good' enough. It was confusing to me how the preacher would spend an hour talking about how we were supposed to 'live', what terrible things awaited those who didn't live 'right'....then 'invite' us to accept Jesus while all the good people sang "Just as I Am."

I didn't understand the gospel the way they taught it. I knew God....talked to Him a lot and read my bible when I needed comforting. But, those few times I'd been to churches had planted a seed of uncertainty.

I remember when my older 2 daughters were babies, over 20 years ago, I'd once prayed: "Lord, I know I'm going to Hell, but please save my babies!"

I didn't take my older kids to church when they were little. I taught them that God and Jesus loved them...nothing about hell.

My oldest daughter was 5yo the first time she heard about hell----she was so excited.

We were outside when a man and boy came to the front gate. She ran ahead of me to see who was coming to visit, while I was restraining my protective hound dog. I was halfway there when she came running back----"Mommy, where's hell? That man says we're going there. Can we go today?"

I let the dog go---LOL! .."

http://www.tentmaker.org/articles/hells_fruit.html