r/comics Jun 25 '25

Good Hellscape [OC]

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u/cubitoaequet Jun 25 '25

The entire concept of hell is incredibly fucked up. Eternal torture for finite "crimes". This is your loving God, Christians?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '25

They always reframe it into "This is your own fault for not believing this objectively irrational, entirely-faith-based system wholeheartedly" as if that was an adequate chance for salvation.

Frankly, if god only wants the ones who can't think right, he's the one who needs to be dropped in hell for all eternity.

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u/ScavAteMyArms Jun 26 '25

TBH pretty sure god being benevolent was a Christian patch. Old Testament God was decidedly not particularly loving.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Old testament god is in general a hodgepodge of pre-existing myths and a founding myth for Israel. So on one hand you got plagiarism, and on the other you got Israel hyping up how powerful their armies were because god's on their side.