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I can't help but think about the fact that the majority of people who have ever lived (and I'm not talking 51% to 49%, the margin is MUCH wider) have gone to or are going to hell. Hell is eternal torment that one cannot escape.
So how is it not better to have never lived at all then to live?
We've all heard the saying "life isn't fair." God even states in the book of Exodus "I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and show compassion to whom I show compassion." Now of course he's an all perfect God but even when I try to think "it all balances out" it appears God shows favoritism.
I've been reading the books of Samuel and 2 Samuel the last few days and King David is a genocidal maniac who literally raids & plunders cities of people killing all the men, women, and children so they don't squeal on him.
1 Samuel 27:8-9
On top of all this King David has his camp raided and it appears like an opportunity for him to learn a lesson, but not only does he or his men not lose their property or their families lives, they GAIN possessions.
1 Samuel 30:18-20
I say this to say when we're born we can't decide or know who we're going to be born as, we might be born in 2017 with video games and working air conditioning. Or we could be born as one of the Geshurites that David slaughtered with no remorse thousands of years ago. We could be born mentally retarded or a super genius, who knows.
To add to all this, all this constant debate amongst Christians about how is one saved. There's the classic works vs. faith debate but there's also the guys who believe the law isn't dead, or you have to get baptized. Heck the Calvinist's believe we're all predestined to a fate. So even among Christians how many are going to heaven?
So is it better to have never been born then to live with the high possibility of going to hell forever?
So how is it not better to have never lived at all then to live?
We've all heard the saying "life isn't fair." God even states in the book of Exodus "I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and show compassion to whom I show compassion." Now of course he's an all perfect God but even when I try to think "it all balances out" it appears God shows favoritism.
I've been reading the books of Samuel and 2 Samuel the last few days and King David is a genocidal maniac who literally raids & plunders cities of people killing all the men, women, and children so they don't squeal on him.
1 Samuel 27:8-9
8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt.9David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing.
On top of all this King David has his camp raided and it appears like an opportunity for him to learn a lesson, but not only does he or his men not lose their property or their families lives, they GAIN possessions.
1 Samuel 30:18-20
18So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives. 19But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back. 20So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.”
I say this to say when we're born we can't decide or know who we're going to be born as, we might be born in 2017 with video games and working air conditioning. Or we could be born as one of the Geshurites that David slaughtered with no remorse thousands of years ago. We could be born mentally retarded or a super genius, who knows.
To add to all this, all this constant debate amongst Christians about how is one saved. There's the classic works vs. faith debate but there's also the guys who believe the law isn't dead, or you have to get baptized. Heck the Calvinist's believe we're all predestined to a fate. So even among Christians how many are going to heaven?
So is it better to have never been born then to live with the high possibility of going to hell forever?