(March 6, 2017 at 1:59 pm)purplepurpose Wrote:(March 6, 2017 at 1:55 pm)SteveII Wrote: No. It is eternal separation from God directly resulting from our free choice to reject him. God does not put us there, our actions put us there.Don't you think that simple erasing of the souls consciousness is a more just punishment for rejecting Gods good will? Coincidently that's what most of the non believers believe into.
I feel like hell and especially eternal is a masochistic wishful thinking.
Apparently once created, the soul is eternal. Part of being made in the image of God. I see no reason to characterize it over and over as "masochistic wishful thinking". What point are you trying to make?