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I don't believe in hell if you mean some fiery place of eternal torment. It's a bogeyman story to frighten children and others to toe the line, and quite effective, I might add.
Athos,
Interesting, thoughts. Why do you suppose Jesus spoke of it so often? Think he enjoyed bogeyman stories?
Waiting for a response Classy... No one seemed to want to respond to what I wrote... I almost was ready to give up on the whole thread.
Joe,
Just got back to town... I WILL respond. Didn't forget about you! :)
If there is only one true religion, why is there so many versions of the bible?
Yea!
The bible teaches that hell is the grave in which man goes when he dies.Quote:
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Acts 2:25-27 speaks of Jesus being in hell for three days. This shows it is not a fiery place of torment for the wicked. Jesus is not wicked, yet he was there for three days.
The Encyclopedia Americana (1942), Vol. XIV, p. 81.
State that due to early translators of the Bible a lot of confusion & misunderstanding by how they have translated the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades and Gehenna by the word hell. The words Sheol and hades when translated in their native tongue mean grave,
(Luke 17:29) 29 But on the day that Lot came out of Sod′om it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all."
Jesus says that those of Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them who were wicked, they were “destroyed” They became none existent not tomented in a fiery place. That means they have no hope of living ever again. They received eternal death.
Eternal torment of the wicked is not compatible with God’s personality.
(Jeremiah 7: 31 And they have built the high places of To′pheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hin′nom, in order to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, a thing that I had not commanded and that had not come up into my heart.’
The Hellfire doctorine is an ancient Babylonian and Assyrian belief carried down through generations by false teachings of many reliogions to control their members.
Have a nice day,
Hope12
I'm not really up on all this stuff but I'm bored so thought I'd have a look around and found you guys here , so doesn't every Religion say if you aren't a believer your going to hell??
If so , we're all going :eek:
Not me, I'm too cute.
Some say we are living in Hell, and when we die, we will be redeemed if we were good enough.
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