(April 2, 2017 at 10:04 am)Spixri Wrote: Ice kills too? So whats the big deal? If the devil can roam earth, since earth is supposed to be a battle between good and evil. Then how come the devil cant pick up ice from Alaska?. Gehenna, In islam is from the same root word so its a place of fire abyss. The 7th place of hell i think is the abyss which is essentially nothing. And Sulfur doesnt really count. So the only reason is the middle east was always hot, so basically being in a cold place was possibly paradise to them. No wonder they wanted to get to heaven so fast since its like dozens of minus degrees up there. Actually in Dante's Inferno, Ice is actually mentioned in the abyss (aka added outside the bible. The catholics) Which may explain why they use "Hel" as the norse figure for hell. To try to add outside biblical reasons to make sense off their myth to their fellow worshippers. Which may explain the typical "Cold as hell" expression, even though that is an oxymoron by itself.
But thats the problem. To me this seems like some childish bedtime story you will tell to scare people. I actually believed in Christianity for awhile. But now that i actually thought how this is most likely a mythological made belief. Well i honestly have a hard time looking some theist face to face if this honestly makes sense to them. I mean i am not jewish but i can atleast understand how that one atleast makes a tad bit more sense. Ok. So you are dead, ok your body is destroyed, your god heals you, and Gehenna in judaism is ment to purify your soul not burn you for eternity. Actually the devil is simply an accuser, someone who wishes people to fall astray.. now that actually makes more sense than the sects after it with christianity and islam.
Although hadnt it been for Christianity we wouldnt have gotten some inspirational stories like this. But in the end its just pure fairy tales. What do you think?
In my brief experience of it.
Hell is not about fire. It is darkness. a black mess that consumes your being, and your emotional physical reaction to it is that of being burned but on like the 10th degree. It is far far worse than just being burned, it just our only understanding of the fear/primal reaction is that of a wild animal being consumed by this... Hell fire.
The bible over and over again, even and especially through the teachings of Jesus we are taught that Hell fire consumes the soul. That we are destroyed by it. As the darkness began to consume me and I accepted my fate I felt the emotional bond that held my soul/spirit together began to break up as I fell into an insanity of primal reaction to all the fear and pain. IDK if we all endure the same levels of Hell or not, but I do know while Hell is eternal and the devil Himself is to be punished for ever, 'we' get consumed to one degree or another by the Hell fire. What makes us.. people crumbles into and past insanity as we yield to the fear and pain. IDK if it is on to oblivion or if we are just reduced down to our core components that can't derive consciousness thoughts apart from one another. But I felt like that was my next step once I accepted or tried to wrap my head around an eternity of this fear and pain...
I'm not sure but Our time in Hell (before we are consumed) is based on our ability to accept and repent.. that accept that God is good and just for having you there and finally repent of your sin. If you find yourself in the same spot I was in, better to let it go in the abyss (black hole) as I was told that was merely the gates/passing through the gate.
Oh, and Hell was named after a place not far from Jerusalem where the diseased or unclaimed dead was buried with the trash. It was a massive fire pit the burned 24/7
