Thanks for your support and this topic.
I have gone far enough down this path to see that there is something to it.
I'm starting to see the holes in the arguments of those who stand boldly against it.
When we reach out in love, they will be attracted. By curiosity if nothing else.
I think most are afraid to say it, but they hope we are right. This works to our advantage.
No one in their right mind applauds a forever burning hell with no hope of escape.
What madness.
Have a blessed day.
Dear Steve: The entire dogma of a burning hell as an end in itself, just does not sit well with us. My brother in Christ, John Gavazzoni, while ministering in Youth For Christ heard the Lord say to him, "Do you really believe that of Me?"
His response= "Well no Lord I don't."
Index Of Writings Of John Gavazzoni
Every one of us must answer the following questions>>>
As we are required to love our enemies, may we not safely infer that God loves His enemies? (Matt. 5:44)
If God loves His enemies, will He punish them more than will be for their good?
Would endless punishment be for the good of any being?
As God loves His friends, if He loves His enemies also, are not all mankind the objects of His love?
If God loves those only who love Him, what better is He than the sinner? (Luke 6:32-33)
As "love thinks no evil," can God design the ultimate evil of a single soul? (1 Cor. 13:5)
As "love works no ill," can God inflict, or cause, or allow to be inflicted, an endless ill? (Rom. 13:10)
As we are forbidden to be overcome by evil, can we safely suppose that God will be overcome by evil? (Rom. 12:21)
Would not the infliction of endless punishment prove that God HAD been overcome by evil?
If man does wrong in returning evil for evil, would not God do wrong if He was to do the same?
Would not endless punishment be the return of evil for evil?
As we are commanded "to overcome evil with good," may we not safely infer that God will do the same? (Rom. 12:21)
Would the infliction of endless punishment be overcoming evil with good?
If God hates the sinner, does the sinner do wrong in hating Him?
Is God a changeable being? (James 1:17)
If God loves His enemies now, will he not always love them?
Is it just for God to be "kind to the evil and unthankful," in their present life? (Luke 6:35)
Would it be unjust for God to be kind to all men in a future state?
-Questions requiring answers by A.C. Thomas-