(September 1, 2015 at 11:18 am)robvalue Wrote: @CL: Since even Catholics can't agree on the most basic properties of hell, what makes you confident that (a) it is real at all and (b) your idea is the correct one?
Ah, but we can agree on the basic property of Hell. It's a complete separation from God due to a rejection of God, it's eternal, and it's a pretty miserable thing. That's the basic premise, and that's the important part.
Whether we believe it's a physical place, or a state of being, or whatever, is really not important in the grand scheme of things.
Like I have said, none of us know exactly the details of what Hell will be like. It is not illustrated in Church doctrine. We can only speculate, and we can have different opinions and different ideas, as long as we don't drift away from the important, original premise - that it's complete separation from God.
I am not 100% confident that my understanding of Hell is the "correct one," or even if the correct one has been speculated upon by anyone yet. But it does make the most sense to me, so it's what I personally think is true.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
