(May 3, 2011 at 12:43 pm)tackattack Wrote: DP, by my definition as a Christian, teacher and that of my fellow Christians I've worship with for almost 20 years with; Hell is eternal, the punishment isn't. Hard to continuously punish someone when they're destroyed. Bottom line for me, the place is eternal, the punishment isn't. It may be worded as final and therefore there is no reprieve from the destruction (in essence an everlasting consequence as destruction is final), but any Christian who denies otherwise ignores the very clear wording of Jesus (that he can destroy both soul and body in Hell). Then there are legions of Christians that don't even believe in hell as imaginatively described.
Heaven isn't about Hell isn't about forgiveness/reward for something we've done. It's a matter of repentance and acceptance. All who repent and accept are forgiven, those that don't obviously don't care about being forgiven and are relinquished to their lot.
It's your fantasy, tacky. You can make it be whatever you want it to be.
Everything except real, that is.
