(August 15, 2016 at 4:43 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:(August 15, 2016 at 4:36 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Yes, there are bible verses that talk about it. Like I said, it's mainstream.
Like this one? Mathew 25:46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Have you researched the original Greek words and meaning of the bolded above? You should.
And this: http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/etpunish.html
Church History
There is no documentation that the church councils of the first four centuries embraced the doctrine of "eternal punishment." The church councils at Nice in A.D. 325, at Constantinople in A.D.381, at Ephesus in A.D.431 and at Chalcedon in A.D.451 never embraced this doctrine. In contrast, there is documented evidence that many church leaders and teachers of the first centuries A.D. wrote acclaiming the doctrine of ‘universal salvation or "ultimate reconciliation", none of whom were censored. It was not until 553 A.D. that the Roman Catholic Church denounced the teaching of ultimate reconciliation as heresy. This is the same organization which:
I would say the Book of Revelation states hell is literally eternal. And if not literally, well, it sure as fuck sounds that way.
