Is Hellfire A Bible Teaching?

[Alter2Ego]

Alter, I didn't say I was incapable of understand or researching the scriptures.

ALTER2EGO -to- GRINGO PERRY:
I never said you were incapable of understanding and researching. In fact, I know you are capable of doing both, that's why I said what I did to you. My exact words to you were as follows:

You don't have time to properly research my questions and so you will "concede" that I'm correct! Then I guess religious truth is not that important to you. Based on what you wrote above, you are setting yourself up to get conned into believing every false religious teaching that's presented to you.

Trust me on this; and while doing so, drop the ego. I am enquiring after your belief, based on the assumption that your interpretation of the scriptures is correct. That in no way requires me to answer your questions, or research the validity of your claims. I am asking you to clarify your position, before I answer the questions.

ALTER2EGO -to- GRINGO PERRY:
You are not supposed to assume anyone is correct. That's what I told you previously, and I quoted it above as a reminder. You are supposed to approach with caution and test out everything people say about the Bible by comparing it against what's written in the Judeo-Christian Bible. If the Bible doesn't back up what they are saying—no matter how smooth the person comes across—you should reject what they are telling you.

That's how people get caught up in destructive cults. They lap up whatever some slickster tells them. Your only protection is your personal familiarity with what's in the scriptures, meaning you have to read the Bible and know what it says. Even if you don't understand what the Bible says, your familiarity with what's written therein will put you in a position to see red flags when people start making false claims about what is or is not in the Bible.

I gave scriptures in my opening post that will help anyone reason on the scriptures, regardless of their belief system. The scriptures are consistent, whereas people with different belief systems are not consistent. But because the scriptures are consistent, the scriptures are able to expose wrong beliefs among people who consider themselves Christians.

"{16} All scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT, for disciplining in righteousness, {17} that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

I happen to know from experience that some people don't want to be corrected by the scriptures. They don’t care what the Bible says. Their love affair with the belief system transcends the scriptures that they claim they have so much respect for. I'm not applying this statement to you. It's a generalized statement that you should be aware of in your own discussions with people who stubbornly refuse to back down from false religious teachings—even after they've been shown that the belief system is wrong.


I will respond to another part of you post shortly.

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