re atheists and hell in article apr geneva rutgers edu trajan cwis unomaha edu stephen mcintyre writes i don t have a problem with being condemned to hell either the way i see it if god wants to punish me for being honest in my skepticism that is for saying he doesn t exist he certainly wouldn t be changing his nature besides i would rather spend an eternity in hell than be beside god in heaven knowing even one man would spend his eternal life being scorched for his wrongdoings i see some irony here jesus was willing to go through torture to free you from the definite promise of hell based on adam eve s fall from grace but rather than allow him to stand in your place you would give up your redemption to stand with those who do not accept his grace god would rather have none in hell which seems to put the burden of choice on us of course this is all fictional anyway since you reject him also my former sociology professor once told us at the beginning of our term you all start out with an a what you do with that during the course of this term is up to you in the beginning adam and eve were given an a mark haefner
