This just goes to show how profoundly Christianity is.
This just goes to show how profoundly evil Christianity is.
Except they probably do for the most part, seeing as you didn't really refute the assertion that only a 'select few' will be saved, only the emotive way some people have phrased it....
Someone has pointed out that if God truly is love, there has to be a side of love called wrath and hatred.
How can that be?
It’s really obvious. Men have raped and killed babies. Or simply look at what Hitler did to the Jews. Or what the drug lords are doing in Mexico. Or what Islamists do to women or those they consider infidels. Men who murder their own wives or children for “honor”. I could go on for a long time, but His list of what is evil is clearly revealed in Scripture.
God hates that which hurts, damages, destroys or kills that which He loves; thus His wrath is required against all such things, and He promises that one day His wrath will be released against all that is evil. Justice requires this.
There is such a thing as evil - though our world today tries to deny its existence. But there is no real justice in this life - though God calls man to it.
There will be a judgment - ALL will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. ALL.
For those who confess their sins (are honest), and believe in His finished work, His wrath was already poured out on their sin - on the Son of God.
For those who reject His offer of free, undeserved grace, the judgment will be for rejecting His provision, His beloved Son - “God so loved....He gave....”
To reject that provision is to reject eternal life.
Jesus said, “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”