So after reading that passage, I realized that there are many different ways to look at God than by the usual way taught to us by the Catholic church. Jonathan Edwards sees God, as if he were some cruel
puppet-master. He talks as if God is controlling your life with strings attached to his fingers and only keeps you there for his own amusement. He says If God wishes so, he can cut you off at any moment and send you straight to hell. According to him, you have no choice or any chance of persuading God and that he will drop you whenever he pleases (maybe even when you least expect it).
Now this is very disturbing for me to imagine. I prefer to picture God as a loving person who welcomes anyone and anything into his arms and into heaven. If this interpretation of God were true, I would much sooner switch religions than pray to that guy.
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