Good Luck in Hell!

We read the intensely aggressive "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", by Jonathan Edwards, in class this week. This piece depicts the cruel wrath of God and the life waiting ahead if you do not give your soul to God. Although his message is supposed to be ultimately encouraging, a large majority of it still sets an extremely negative and fearful tone. I feel as if Edwards continuously states that if you do one thing wrong or un-approvable by the standards of god, than you are damned to hell. That narrows it down to a very small portion of people who are "acceptable". This relates to the modern religion of the Westboro Baptist Church, which we also discussed in class. Their religion is largely circled around their disapproval, even hate, of homosexuality. This church basically states that people attracted to the same sex are a disgrace and are damned. So, by the combined standards of  Edwards and the Westboro Baptsit Church, we are all going to hell! I personally disagree with that. It is practiced by many different religions that God forgives, in fact that is what many religions are partially based upon. So, if Edwards is considered to be a "self devoted" Christian, than why is he illustrating the wrong message? I understand that during this century the amount of religious behavior was beginning to decay, but I personally believe there could have been a much better method to approach the promotion of God.  In the end, at least his underlying message, if you follow god than you will live in eternal happiness, is understandable. Although, with the Westboro Baptist Church, that is not the case. Take a look at their twitter page: https://twitter.com/WBCSays . I almost find their beliefs humorous because they are so ridiculous and horrifically hateful. They may hold similar qualities with Edwards passage, such as the urgent and threatening tone, but there is literally no redeeming quality with that church.