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You are free to choose. You are not free to impose your preferred consequence on reality.

And why is the consequence eternity in hell? The punishment is so extreme and doesn’t fit the crime. Not a characteristic of a loving and merciful deity.

véritas · 14w

Great question! Here is the answer: We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love Him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor, or against ourselves. As the first letter of St John states, "He who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hate...