(December 16, 2015 at 12:46 pm)Drich Wrote: Two things...
What in the bible says all those sent to Hell will burn forever?
(Jesus Himself said Hell is where God destroys the soul, not forever burn it)
I agree with you Drich. Since the early days of the church there have been different views espoused by respected church fathers and scholars concerning the nature of hell. In my mind , the belief that hell consists of everlasting torture has the least amount of biblical support. I happen to believe that Christ died for all, as the bible states. That doesn't mean that many will not spend time in hell. I just don't think it will be for eternity. The belief that those who who don't go to heaven will be annihilated, with or without time in hell, has also been held by many respected christian scholars. If eternal punishment in hell is the truth, God has a good reason for it, but the idea of a person spending eternity in hell for an 80-year lifetime of rejecting him, to me, seems to be against the nature of God.