RE: What the hell is "hell"? why do humans go to hell ?
January 28, 2013 at 1:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2013 at 1:37 pm by Zone.)
(January 28, 2013 at 1:09 pm)Insanity x Wrote: The christian hell is just as much fire and brimstone.
Matthew:
Quote:13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Revelations:
Quote:14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Quote:20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
http://bible.org/article/what-bible-says-about-hell
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/index.htm
You see you're reading these passages as being literal and matter of fact while Jesus liked to speak in metaphorical parables to describe truths that lay beyond human understanding you see. It's like the parable of the Rich Man Lazarus.
http://www.tentmaker.org/books/abrahams_bosom.html
Christians have watered down the doctrine of hell in the last 100 years because they have come to realise the traditional fire and brimstone hell has little appeal these days. So now it's a mystical kind of thing and a self inflicted torment through separating yourself from Gods loving presence. There's no actual fire or physical burning involved. Jesus describes hell as the "outer darkness" at point so you can't really have darkness and fire together. Something to bear in mind should you encounter a Christian who has upped their game, they will say you're attacking a stereotypical form of Christianity and a God they don't believe in either. God doesn't send anyone into hell as a punishment these days.
