(March 8, 2019 at 6:20 pm)fredd bear Wrote: This topic is of academic interest only to me; because I don't believe in gods or an afterlife, I have little interest in arguing a point.
Not interested in hypotheticals. I'm simply saying the Christian concept of an eternal hell, believed in 'Christian' cultures', is a Church invention as far as I'm aware.
There have been different notions of 'hell' in other cultures, for millennia. Christian eternal hell is very specific. I looked up"hell' in Wikipedia and found a pretty good general explanation. Also searched for "the origins of hell" and came across a lot of Christian apologist arguments.
This a a huge topic in terms of available information. I've provided a very basic idea, with limited information. I've also given a couple of sources for more information. If you're interested, do some research and make up your own mind.
I would like to do some research, but finding out what a certain person believes is harder than doing research about religion.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none"
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
