Ah, well. Lets clear some things up.
Religious Equity: No one is going to Hell. The only way to get to hell is to reject Jesus, and to do that you have to truley know him. If you don't know him, and you reject him, you aren't actually rejecting him: you are rejecting your flawed vision of him. The only way to truely know him is to be him, therefor hell vanishes in a puff of logic. Now, the problem I see is that if some of those other religions are 'correct', we're all screwed. If christianity is correct, atleast non-christians still have a chance.
Free Will and God's Plan: God has a plan, but he can't force you to do it. You have free will; you can choose to follow God's plan, or not. But don't worry - God is forgiving. He'll wipe away all your sins if you just ask. Why wouldn't he wipe it clean when you die, wether you ask or not?
Lucifer: Unfortunatly, theres not much on the subject of the creation of the angels and the fall of lucifer in the bible. There are, however, other ancient Hebrew texts that talk about it. God created the angels. They did not have free will; they had no choice. They HAD to love God. Then God created man, and man had a choice: They could love God, or they could not. They had a choice. And even when they made the wrong one, they were forgiven. (The idea that noone was forgiven until Jesus died is fallacious. Jesus was to let us know how wrong we had our image of God) Lucifer was jealouse of this, and confronted God. So God banished him from heaven. Now Lucifer sits in hell loving God, but not being able to be with him.
Also, people need to learn to recognize the difference between mainstream and fanaticism. You all seem to be thinking of TV Evangilists and the 'religious far right' when you think 'christian'. That is a very small minority. Most Christians are ordinary people; just like every other faith.
Religious Equity: No one is going to Hell. The only way to get to hell is to reject Jesus, and to do that you have to truley know him. If you don't know him, and you reject him, you aren't actually rejecting him: you are rejecting your flawed vision of him. The only way to truely know him is to be him, therefor hell vanishes in a puff of logic. Now, the problem I see is that if some of those other religions are 'correct', we're all screwed. If christianity is correct, atleast non-christians still have a chance.
Free Will and God's Plan: God has a plan, but he can't force you to do it. You have free will; you can choose to follow God's plan, or not. But don't worry - God is forgiving. He'll wipe away all your sins if you just ask. Why wouldn't he wipe it clean when you die, wether you ask or not?
Lucifer: Unfortunatly, theres not much on the subject of the creation of the angels and the fall of lucifer in the bible. There are, however, other ancient Hebrew texts that talk about it. God created the angels. They did not have free will; they had no choice. They HAD to love God. Then God created man, and man had a choice: They could love God, or they could not. They had a choice. And even when they made the wrong one, they were forgiven. (The idea that noone was forgiven until Jesus died is fallacious. Jesus was to let us know how wrong we had our image of God) Lucifer was jealouse of this, and confronted God. So God banished him from heaven. Now Lucifer sits in hell loving God, but not being able to be with him.
Also, people need to learn to recognize the difference between mainstream and fanaticism. You all seem to be thinking of TV Evangilists and the 'religious far right' when you think 'christian'. That is a very small minority. Most Christians are ordinary people; just like every other faith.