Board Thread:Bible Questions/@comment-29848406-20160903220806/@comment-31246436-20160906202527

When you say we are punished for using free will, I assume you mean we go to Hell for misusing our free will. If this is what you mean, then listen to this. That is not the case. People are sent to Hell because they ignored God all their life. Hell is actually a place where God is not. It is a dark place that is "free" from God's presence. So God, being a gentleman, respects our choice. If we ignore God during our life, God gives us what we want by sending us to Hell. If we follow God during our life, God gives us what we want by sending us to Heaven.