the slippery "F" word - my solution

[Amethyst]

The idea hell is burning forever and ever is not Biblical or Jewish. I would not be a theist if I believed in hell.

It was considered Biblical for the Lutheran church I grew up in. I pretty much was given no choice.

I reject the notion that innocent people should be tortured forever, or murdered (if one is "liberal" and believes hell = death) for their beliefs. If someone is born into a Buddhist community, according to ultra-conservative Christian religion, they should be tortured for their Buddhist beliefs? That is wrong. It is equally wrong if they are killed (i.e. the hell = death version of the doctrine).

Thoughts should not be something one is punished eternally for, or murdered for. Being born into another culture and tortured or killed for it is unfair punishment. Christianity is a cultural thing.

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I'd like to disagree with the OP as well - it's IRRELEVANT whether one LIKES anything in the bible or not, what matters is if the supernatural claims in it are true. I have seen no reason to think that.

I'm not the OP, I'm simply replying to the post.