(December 17, 2015 at 11:53 am)drfuzzy Wrote:Hell, nor Heaven, nor Earth are eternal. It is written numerous times in many scriptures.(December 17, 2015 at 4:33 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: 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; 2) Lek's pleading to the mis-translation of this passage can be applied to the entire book with ease, and 3) attempting to re-define hell and its duration is acknowledging that the original concept is flawed, illogical, unbelievably cruel and unfair?
Faith in selfless Unity for Good.