RE: Calling it into question...
July 3, 2015 at 11:56 am
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2015 at 11:58 am by cercatorius.)
(July 3, 2015 at 11:16 am)Drich Wrote:(July 3, 2015 at 10:12 am)LostLocke Wrote: Obviously, all of us would answer 'No'. You however, wouldn't just not invite them into your house, you would put them in another house where someone was assigned to torture them for the rest of their natural lives.
When you don't invite someone into your house it doesn't mean they are automatically sent somewhere else. They are free to go anywhere they want except for the 'my house' contingent. God however intentionally set it up as an either/or proposition.
now keep reading... did you see it? "ALL OF CREATION IS GOD'S HOUSE!!!" The absence of creation is what Hell is smoothie. So either one is apart of God's creation/house or one is not=Hell.
Also where does the bible say we will be tortured forever? It says the fires of Hell are forever, and have been stoked for satan, but where does it say a human soul will burn forever.. Christ tells us many times that we will be thrown into the fire and consumed by it. (Granted it may take some longer to be consumed than others, but eventually all will be consumed.) Also you are aware that Hell is not a satan run realm (you are mixing mythology in to Christianity if you believe this) Hell is where Lucifer and his followers are imprisioned/lock out of God's house.
Hell is a product of Dante, not Jesus.
(July 3, 2015 at 11:35 am)popsthebuilder Wrote: No problem. Why do you reject a view so quickly? I could understand if it didn't solve every problem on earth. Just curious.
I'm not sure we can claim that Christianity solves every problem on earth. It seems it has actually caused a great many problems, and I think Jesus expected it to. He was pretty clear that his message would bring unrest and discord.
