I ran across this while reading the blog of a Pagan Quaker (Yes there is such a thing, yes it's a different discussion).  It's part of the Faith and Practice statement of a particular Christan Quaker group called Freedom Friends http://freedomfriends.org

When I first became a Christian ("accepting Jesus as my Savior!") I read the Bible with a group of fundamentalists who interpreted the scripture in a "face-value" kind of way similar to what one hears on some posts and by TV evangelists and from many pulpits too.

Here's an interesting take on the theme of Eternal Salvation/Eternal Damnation I came across. Hell IS eternal!" It must be because it guarantees human freedom and human choice. Without choice there is no love. God is Love - eternal Love. We must have the freedom to choose God but also to not choose God or else we're not doing so willingly and not out of Love! Hell guarantees our freedom. This line of thinking leaves the question... "does anyone spend eternity in Hell?" I guess theoretically, maybe.

John 14:6 (New International Version)

 ⁶Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Many people claim that this passage to supports the view, that Jesus is claiming that the only way to God, or happiness, or goodness is by following him (Jesus).

Some may be interested in reading the following article....

Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence