TedT
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I was using infinite in the sense of eternal...Finite beings aren't capable if infnite anything.
I assume that if they can be just deleted they would be... Why they aren't has not been taught to me yet. I guess it might have something to do with being created either mortal (not eternal) or eternal with no change from one state to the other possible, shrug.If they can't be fixed (too hard for God, maybe?), why not just delete them? Why eternal torture?
As far as the word torture goes it has no place in any reference to GOD and judgement. GOD is a proper and righteous judge and a judge's righteous decisions are not torture by anyone's definitions. Torture is an immoral, illegal act of causing pain illicitly, often for a psychotic reason which is the opposite of a proper judge's righteous decision of retribution for heinous, unforgivable (that is, eternal) crimes.
They can't be forgiven or as you suggest, fixed, because
- they made the decision to rebel against GOD's claims to Deity by their free will and a free will decision cannot be changed by anyone unless the person asks for it to be changed. To be a free will decision, all decisions must be sacrosanct and inviolable from any outside force, that is, only that person can change their mind by a new free will decision or they are being coerced to change their minds and a free will decision cannot be coerced to choose nor constrained from choosing any available option by any force whatsoever.
- Once they sinned by their rebellion to HIM they became enslaved by the addictive power of evil which destroyed their ability to seek true repentance. They were instantly and totally unable to repent of their evil and committed fully to the belief they were right to rebel against this upstart liar and false god. Their enslavement to the addictive power of evil compels them to hate GOD even after learning the truth about HIS eternal power and divinity, Romans 1:18-32. This suggests convincingly that their free will to seek salvation is destroyed by the force of their addiction.
And GOD has no interest in marriage with a person who has been forced to want marry HIM by the proof that rejecting HIM as GOD and as a proper husband really does have adverse consequences for their lives.
So yes, they have made a decision with eternal, ie, infinite, consequences, your scorn notwithstanding.
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