RE: I Bet You Thought God Wanted To Send You To Hell
Hmm, this is a topic that has been well debated by a lot of intellectual minds, but I'll just give my own little opinion and conviction.
I believe God does not "send you to hell" he gives you your wish.
What if you were created by a sentient being for a purpose, to have fellowship with him here, and then forever, but with free will so that this fellowship would be real and not forced.
And what if you instead said "Screw you, my life is my own, I'll do what I want."
And what if what you want is to ignore your Creator's very existence, let alone refuse to have fellowship with him.
You'll have plenty of opportunities to change your mind. Maybe you've ignored several already. Maybe you're experiencing one at this moment.
But eventually, he will give you what you want. A place where he has no presence.
That's what hell is. The one place from which he has withdrawn. The one place he has no presence.
Because everyone that goes there has said repeatedly that they want nothing to do with the One who brought them life.
Until the moment you die, you have opportunities to change your mind.
After that you'll get your wish.
Ooohh. You have an interesting way of looking at it. I never thought about it that way but that is a very great understanding of the topic.
People don't understand that in their denial of God they are asking to be separated from Him which if they continue in that way they will get what they asked for. Like you said.