Wilhelm scream, you're thinking about things so one-dimensionally... you assume these things are punishments, when in fact it's proven time and time again that suffering builds the character of Godliness. God loves us, but He has to test us... He doesn't want riff-raff up in Heaven messing things up ... He's got to make sure you can hold your own. Not be raping people and stuff... molesting children and killing people and stuff... can you imagine that going on in Heaven? It would undermine His power. Because once you get into Heaven, it looks really bad if you get sent down to Hell.. So, yeah, He's got to test you.
Unless you've been reformed by prison and prayer, you have to go to the Devil, who's into that kind of stuff... only not as punishment, as pleasure. But, he kinda helps God out, in a way, because he's so evil that even though you did the stuff he likes, he'll still mess you up good. Forever.
Imagine that, pain FOREVER. Like... a human life... that's not long. The rising and falling of the mountains over a thousand years? Nothing compared to forever. You can't comprehend forever anymore than you can comprehend infinity, what's beyond the edge of the universe... God. And the Devil, in a way, but he's underground.
See, you go through all these hardships in life so that you can just relax in Heaven...and just be in Peace everlasting. It's kinda like a job, only one that you have for your personal life! And the big boss is God. It's hard, no kidding
but the rewards... think of the rewards - after you die! You've got to stop living in this moment, while you're alive, and instead just think about the future, after you're dead. Does that make sense?
Because when you're DEAD, is when things are going to get REALLY GREAT! If you're still in good with the Main Man.
Sure, rich people have got it pretty easy, yeah... but maybe God gives them cancer or something... or right before they die, they feel really lonely and sad about their lives of reckless sexual indulgence and selfishness! So sad that it's a worse feeling than any physical suffering you could imagine. And stuff is SO amazing in Heaven, the people that suffered more on Earth aren't bitter at the people who got it so easy. They just forgive and forget, because it's so great there. Who could stay mad about something like that? And God loves gays, definitely... that's why he gave them the biggest test of all - AIDS!
I sense a certain anger and defensiveness in your post, and that's because deep down in your heart of hearts...when you're alone in your bed, looking up at the ceiling... after pleasuring yourself... you cry silently and you pray to God for forgiveness. And He will always forgive you. Because He loves you. And there's still time to save your everlasting soul.
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