SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD

Today in church the "great theologian" John Edwards was quoted. But before he was quoted, Pastor J (least favorite pastor, and in my opinion most violent pastor) assured us that the message for today was not about condemnation, and talked about how unfortunate it is that "fire and brimstone" messages get such a bad rep. The caution only served to prove that what Pastor J said the message was NOT, was exactly that.

Here is the picture I got: the hand of God dangling the measly human over a fiery pit whilst they are tempted by the devil. If the human succumbs to temptation: dropped to painful eternal DEATH! But do not worry! There is good news: Jesus saves us.

It brings up a lot of questions for me about the nature and existence of evil. I mean, who exactly is in charge of evil? Is it God, people, this Satan character, someone/something else? And why? WTF.

It is all very confusing... is it not?