Hell?

https://www.josh.org/why-hell/

This raises the question of, what is righteousness?

This video argues that humans are inherently bad. You look at history, there are all sorts of atrocities.

This is kind of like Mother Theresa be argued as inherently wicked, based on looking only at personality profiles of people like Hitler and Stalin.

Why do we have to paint humanity with a broad brush? Is this what your Bible is teaching you?

Does your Bible teach you that humanity is inherently wicked? Well, that's not what I got out of it. Humanity includes all ends of the spectrum in terms of inherently good to inherently bad. We are given the freedom to choose. That means, we can choose good or we can choose evil.

We are, however, flawed. That simply means we fall short of the mark when it comes to a comparison with Jesus. Who is inherently perfect.

This is an example of when the attempt to reconcile a personal problem with scripture leads to bad thought processes.

It's a proven fact that atheists aren't more likely to commit murders and other despicable crimes. Most of us know atheists we know have good hearts. Using their own free will powers of logic, they came to the conclusion that God doesn't exist. I don't agree with this conclusion, but I believe there are atheists that find motivation to be good people within themselves without the Bible and the notion tha they are being judged.

The only conclusion you can come to from watching this video is that this person believes that nonbelievers are bad people. And that righteousness in all forms comes from God.

It's time that we reject this theory. Instead of saying we are inherently ugly until blasted with the light of God, maybe we should say there are varying levels of ugliness and beauty in us all. People are judged based on their actions, not their belief system about how the world originated.

It also raises the question of, what is hell? And it is my personal belief that if you are a bad person, you live in a personal hell. In the afterlife, people can see you for what you really are. And the more wicked you are, the more miserable you are.

It comes down to, maybe you should adjust your interpretation of scripture, rather than adjust your worldview to a belief system that promotes hatred.