The question: What reason would God have to judge, condemn, and punish us for anything?
Have God's feelings been hurt? Have God's sensibilities been jolted? And if one truly thinks it is about "justice," how is "justice" served by sending a good, compassionate, caring, patient, kind, generous, forgiving, and loving man to "hell" simply because he is a Jew? Or a Hindu? Or a member of the Bahá’í Faith? Or a Muslim? Or a follower of the Shinto tradition? Or a Buddhist?
Does not traditional Christianity teach that all non-Christians shall go to "hell"? Do I have this correct? If so, why? What for? What "evil" has been perpetrated that requires everlasting and unbearable torture in the fires of damnation?
Neale Donald Walsch譯：
問題：神有什麼理由審判、譴責、和懲罰我們？是神的感受被傷害嗎？是神的觸覺被顛覆了嗎？如果認為是為了「公義」，甚麼樣的「公義」會送一個好的、富同情心、關懷、忍耐、良善、慷慨、寬恕、有愛心的人到「地獄」，只因為他是猶太教徒？或印度教徒？或巴哈依？或穆斯林？或神道教徒？或佛教徒？傳統基督教不是教導說，所有非基督徒應落「地獄」嗎？我有說錯嗎？如果沒有，為何？為了什麼？他們犯了甚麼「邪惡」以至值得承受永火極刑？
Alex's comment: Good question. Exclusivism is a serious problem of the traditional Christian
doctrines which send all non-believers to hell (Revelation 21:8). Understanding religions as a human invention solves the puzzle. Exclusivism belongs to the dark side of human nature, the religions humanity invents just reflect that exclusivism.
問得好。傳統基督宗教教義說所有不信者（「罪人」）的下場（「工價」）是落地獄（永死）。這意味佛陀、甘地也落地獄的荒謬結論。這種排他主義是基督宗教一大缺陷。宗教是人發明的。排他主義屬於人性陰暗面。宗教中的排他主義（猶太、基督、穆斯林亦然），實在是反映著人性中的排他主義。
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