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Q: I feel Mainline Christianity is a reprehensible & revolting proposition to the logical, rational, morally responsible & spiritually sensitive heart & mind. It teaches that the vast majority of people made in God’s image—which the Bible says should never be disrespected or defaced—will be sadistically tortured in hell forever, even though Jesus allegedly made propitiation for them (turning aside the wrath of God against them) when he suffered the punishment for their sins, as their sacrificial substitute, on the cross, and thereby satisfied the holy justice of God on their behalf.  Double jeopardy? Premeditated genocide?  The larger reality of which we are an integrated part beckons us toward greater love, compassion & service. No judgment or condemnation. Only unconditional love. A: God is our Creator. Morals come from Him, from the attributes of God. That's one way in which we were made in the image of God. Man fell in Eden, so he only lives out a distorted...

The title of this post alone should be enough to cause any believer to be horrified 😱 to realize "I am actually assaulting God's character by Complaining, having inGratitude and disContentment in thoughts, words and various situations in my life, - and this must stop. I need to conquer this sin immediately." There is a difference between having to lovingly confront those who sin against you since it actually is a sin against God vs you sinning against God; complaining about problems in your life where you want everything to always go your way, or coveting or wanting what you want. Pride, self righteousness, entitlement attitudes etc are sin. Sin is at the core of all our problems.  God needs to mold us and shape us into the image of Christ; perfecting us by growing us more Christlike. He has to prune us and teach us things as we go in this life so we submit to God's will and become less and less so Christ is more and more.  Even if others do wrong to us, God has all...