Sad thought about Jesus.

[orangebox21]

Which Greek alphabet is that word written in?

So, let me see if I have this right: We're on an atheist forum, where the vast majority of the members supposedly do not believe that god, heaven, or hell exists.  Most of us are in agreement that the Holy Babble is a deeply flawed piece of human literature.

A quote was made from 11 English translations regarding the meaning of "eternal" or "everlasting".
So, somebody who apparently is not a Greek scholar looks up a Greek word - gets conflicting translations - and tries to use it to prove his original point . . . by strongly implying that all of the English translations are, well, to be generous, let's say "unclear".  Lek's original point seems to be that Hell is not ETERNAL torture. It's a finite period of time.  

Drippy Doodle gets into the mix somehow, but I have him on ignore.

Is no-one going to point out that 1) the entire argument is spurious and moot to people who don't believe in the existence of god or hell;

How is that relevant?  How is your belief in a claim relevant to the accuracy of an ancient text and it's translation from Greek to English?

2) Lek's pleading to the mis-translation of this passage can be applied to the entire book with ease, and

Even the definite articles?

3) attempting to re-define hell and its duration is acknowledging that the original concept is flawed, illogical, unbelievably cruel and unfair?

By that logic, when new scientific discoveries lead to a redefining of the cosmos and a changing of the duration of it's existence, we are now acknowledging that the original concept (the cosmos) is flawed, illogical, unbelievably cruel and unfair?  A person's understanding of a concept has no bearing on the truth or validity of the concept.