Okay, have you ever did one wrong thing in your life? Did you tell a lie on someone, swipe something, screw someone who was not your wife, etc.
Yes, because I'm human. I've been wrong a multitude of times, and have done baaaddd things.
God's nature is Love, but God is also Holy, Holy, Holy. Because he is Holy, he cannot tolerate Sin (which is actually nothing more than refusing to do something God's way, and doing it your own way).
Danny, if I release a deadly virus in Europe, and it kills everyone, am I guilty of murder (or genocide)? Yes, I am. Yet this is exactly what God has done. If God exists, he has murdered millions by creating bacteria to plague us.
If a woman is being raped in front of my eyes, and I just turn away, do I not share some of the guilt for not attempting to stop the heinous crime?
Women are raped, children die of starvation, children are molested and tortured. God allows this. God turns his head and does nothing. Therefore, God shares guilt of almost every sin we commit. He has the power to stop it, yet does jack-crap.
Your God is not holy. He is a jerk. An asshole. And I don't worship assholes.
You worship God? Do you also worship Hitler, Saddam, Osama, and any other crackpot with power?
Since everyone has done something wrong, everyone deserves to die and burn in Hell.
If there were no double standards, God would be burning in hell right now.
If you had homosexual sex, you have sinned.
Ahhh, just the type of behaviour that makes me roll my eyes in despair.
God made me the way I am. God also gave me the life I am living. Therefore, I am a product of God.
you've decided you are smarter and better than the creator of the universe,
I have decided that there is more evidence for my existence than there is for a big dude in the sky that controls everything.
bring plenty of marshmallows, they say Hell is pretty hot...
one_raven could sue you for assault, you know. You shouldn't use threats to convert people to your religion.
you cannot stand in God's Presence, so there is only one other place for you to be....Hell.
I don't need, or desire, God's presence.
No one puts you there, you do it to yourself. By rejecting God's Pardon, you tell him you want to be punished.
By not giving a thief your wallet, you are telling him that you want to be shot. Nice reasoning.
When you Create the Universe, you get to make the rules.
So if God tells you that to get into heaven, you must castarate yourself with a blunt knife, will you do so?
You know what the rules are, and rejecting them or denying them doesn't change the fact that they still apply to you, just as surely as the laws of this country apply to you, whether or not you agree with them.
I don't remember voting in God as my ruler. I don't remember agreeing to God's 'rules'. According to law, I am not bound to any contract.
But, here are my thoughts in general about your 'god'.
1. If God exists, he is a jerk, a retard, petty, vain and not worth my worship.
2. As doom once said, God has created assholes that continually destroy the Earth. No perfect God would create assholes.
3. Thousands of people suffer every day. God does nothing. He has the power to stop it. What does this say about God?
God doesn't reveal himself to us. He gives us intelligence, and then spits on his gift.
4. God tells us we have free will, yet says that if we don't obey HIS laws and worship HIM, we are to burn in hell for eternity. That is like a mass murderer telling me that if I don't give him 1 million dollars, he will kill me.
5. God is so barbaric and bitter at humanity that he sends HIS OWN SON to die painfully on the cross. And God only done this because he needed blood atonement.
6. God blames his constructional errors on the creation, and not the creator. How fair and reasonable is that?
7. I never agreed to God being emperor of the universe.
8. I do not have to follow God merely because he is powerful. Power does not mean you deserve respect, love or worship. Worship, love and respect should only be given to those who use their power responsibly and fairly, and performs acts that help others.
9 And, as one-raven said, if God is so loving, he will forgive me if I live a good life, even if I am atheist. Because God, being all knowing, should understand that humans have flaws, and that it is normal for the human mind to doubt. He should understand that it is not my fault that require evidence to support outrageous claims.
Danny, how do you know that you follow the 'right' God? Maybe the real God is Allah, or Zeus? Do you have proof that you have chosen the right God, or just 'faith'? Ponder that question before telling us atheists that we are going to 'hell'.