My Problems with Heaven and Hell

Topic Notes

• WELCOME!
• Good people going to Hell? Bad people going to Heaven?
• Of the sinner and God’s mercy
• There is no such thing as a good person. We are each corrupted by sin.
• The Jeffrey Dahmer / Gandhi comparison
• The misconception that Hell is at the center of the Earth.
• Hell is not a “where”; it’s a “what”
• Satan – God’s Hatchetman?
• Satan is bound by what God will allow.
• Satan is a tool
• The problem of Free Will
• You can’t take Satan out of the picture without taking LOVE out of the picture. The cause and effect of Free Will.
• The unjustness of God and our ignorance
• There is proof of God in nature
• Do children go to Hell?
• King David and the death of his son
• Statistics and the Messiah
• Praying for belief
• There is nothing wrong with questioning things. It’s how we actually find answers.
• Animals and their souls.
• The redemption of the Earth
• Heaven: Harps and clouds for all eternity?
• Rejection of God
• When we reject God, we are left with nothing but evil.

BIBLE CONTRADICTION

The synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) agree that Jesus was crucified alongside two other criminals (see e.g. Mark 15:27). They disagree, however, on whether they both taunted Jesus.

Here is Mark 15:31-32
So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. (ESV)

By contrast, this is

Luke 23:39-43
One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” (ESV)

LISTENER QUESTION

I listened to your show about aliens and demons. Are ouija boards and horoscopes really physical objects that can make demons show up in your life? That doesn’t make sense.

Resources

Read: My Problem with Christianity by Lucky Otter

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