Why can't God love His children unconditionally?  

No. But I would allow the entrance to my Kingdom to the Atheists that don't believe in me, but feed a hungry beggar, offer a shelter to a homeless. I would allow the entrance to my Kingdom to Muslims believers that respected their systems of value and followed Allah's Word. I would allow the entrance to my Kingdom to Hindu people that use their energy in order to help other people, to cure diseases, to understand the world. I would even allow the entrance to my Kingdom to the Judaic believers that donate their money in order to save lifes in the Sub-Saharan countries.

Well then. You have a much more specific code for who can enter heaven than God does. Anyone can be saved, Even a rapist. God offers salvation to every single human being no matter what they have done. All that is required is repentance of sin and faith

joel,theres a saying if god can forgive others why cant you?

I want to help people, I myself am a sinner who deserves hell but am saved my grace of my lord and savior. I'm not trying to tell people they are damned for hell. I'm trying to tell people God will save them from Hell

Karl Rahner called people of goodwill - those who did good deeds, but did not believe - "anonymous christians" ... perhaps this is what is meant by the auther of the discussion in this response.

God does not shut anyone out - it is us, bey mere fact of our actions.

It's kinda like God inviting us all to a party, and we say "no thanks" - then weeping when the party's on and we cant go ....

Although I can't say i agree, I can understand the logic of your answer. But I don't understand why a child must be punished? Or if, to some extent, i can understand that a child should be punished, why the sentence should be DEATH? Remember, Adam and Eve become mortals, as a result of God's punishment, no refference to that exists in the Bible before.

Many Christians also believe in something called an age of responsibility. Until the child is old enough to understand what it means to follow God and Repent they are not going to Hell if they die

Starter of the discussion : We as humans live by example. God made an example of Adam and Eve, should he have allowed them no punishment? They disobeyed him and he punished them, that doesn't mean he didn't love them.

Commenter of the discussion : That is a value of today, but who's to say that was a value of when god created?

God is offering us His gift through His Church. God loves His Church and impregnates it with His divine grace and, as a result, the Church's actions reflect the will of God.

In this conceptual framework, Roman Catholic Church emphasized so many times that God doesn't love us equally. Let's breathe and take a look at the Holy Inquisition, at the Crusades. Millions died because they didn't accepted the "gift" of Christianty. Still, the Roman Catholic Churches remain sanctuaries of Cristianty and the Roman Catholic clergy, the most powerful promoter of the Christian system of values.

Let's take a deep breath and go 6 years ago when Pope John Paul II, canonised Josemaria Escriva de Balanguer, the founder of Opus Dei as a Holy Saint of the Christian Church. de Balanguer was among the supporters of Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime in Spain, a period of time when many died without a reason.

Is this the will of God?

i am southern baptist, my religion says God loves us all the same unconditionally and there is nothing to make God take that love away

When we give to the church it is not that we are frightened for any hell fire you are talking about. We give because we love the church, we give for God without asking of anything in return. Yes we give to support the church for we want our church to be maintained, to have lights to have water, to be cleaned , to be adorned with flowers, just the same as you said , we love our church unconditionally. God called us to abstained on friday but I dont abstain during Friday, I ate everything that God is giving me and i thank him for all this food and amenities and some I returned to him in giving to the church. And if I go to hell by eating meat on friday because I loved too, then i will be happy to go to hell and never been afraid.

Barehug, I have many friends everywhere I go. I talk, i bearhug to the lowless of the poor, i embrace them and I give what I can,i share, give them with no return, they answer me with their smiles and laughter, I have no enemy either. i am happy if i've been scamed. Happy posting

Just for discussion,

its like when you are at the pole , you receive the sunligh less than those who are at the equator, if it was kind of a food , the people at the equator gets more food from the sun, it looks like the love of God cannot be compare to a Sun.

Just by thought, happy posting Ganesh

God hates sin? I'm not sure that I understand, maybe because my vision of God is an equation with no "Hate" variable within. God can't hate sin, since what we conceptualize as sin, is the alteration of a value - theoretically promoted by God. In Middle Ages, Christians were told that God hates the fact that they eat fish (fish was the symbol of Jesus, prior to the commerical introduction of the cross). Do you believe that God changed His mind in regard to the consumption of fish? I doubt it. In this context I conclude that God can't hate sin, because God can't hate.

hmm, but that would be your interpretation of who God is to you. i take my interpretation from the bible itself. it mentions clearly that God hates sin, that's why we cannot come to God, for we are sinful and if we do, we will just die from his holiness (this is in the bible paraphrased of course).

i don't know where you got the concept that God hates fish as well. care to share? it says nowhere that he hates fish.