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Hi, Jane —
Scripture tells us God is love (1 John 4:8); therefore
God cannot help but love us.
This does not mean that we can't
choose to reject God and thus opt
to go to Hell; because God loves us, if we reject Him, He honors that
choice.
One way to make this choice is to
deliberately and knowingly have sex
before marriage, spurning the natural
purpose of marriage and disregarding
His loving instructions (commandments).
Again, He doesn't stop loving us,
but we stop loving Him.
To know if God is giving you a sign,
the best solution is to discuss the
details with a spiritual director.
Yes, if you maliciously and willfully
cultivate doubts about the faith,
you can go to Hell, but, as soon-to-be-blessed Cardinal
Newman said:
a thousand difficulties do not
make a single doubt.
An honest, sincere, lack of understanding
where you seek answers is one thing;
acting in bad faith is another. If
you refuse to research the faith
side of the story, choosing to give
more credence to skeptics owing to
bad motives (for example, to justify
a sin, like sex before marriage which
you want to commit), then you're
on the wrong path.
When deciding what to believe then,
you need to make an equal effort
to research both sides of the story,
giving each side an equal chance.
In addition, purify your motive,
that is, judge objectively and
not based on what pre-conceived conclusion
you want to reach.
Eric
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