>>>>In Christian point of view its about your soul. They believe that if you don't know or accept Christ as your Lord and savior, your soul is lost.
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>>>Idea that is in direct contradiction to that of a loving Father.
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>>How so?
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>Because of the part of "your soul being lost". As a punishment, this is completely out of proportion to the magnitude of the crime (if you choose to call it a crime).
Doesn't a loving father discipline his child out of love?
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>That reminds me of stories I heard, about people being sent to 10 years forced labor for stealing a bread when they were hungry. This was done not out of any sense of justice, but because they needed laborers. IOW, an excuse.
In your religion, how does one gain salvation?
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