1. Our present religious authorities are the sons and daughters of the Pharisees and Sadducees who killed Jesus. But because their actions are caused by fear they are not to be condemned.
2. What the religious authorities say is not necessarily what God says.
3. There is no hell.
The concept of (eternal) punishment is totally out of character for a loving God.
4. There is no Satan.
Satan is an explanation for the question - Why do bad things happen to good people?
5. God does not punish evil and reward good.
(Natural justice is a human concept).
(a) God is a father and treats all people as his children.
(b) God does not wish anyone to perish.
(c) All men and women are our brothers and sisters.
6. Suffering is not required by God but is what it takes to melt our hearts (ransom).
7.God is Love.
(i.e. not moral law or divine justice).
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