(March 21, 2013 at 2:23 pm)John V Wrote: @ catfish
I've never found the aionios argument convincing. The word is used in the same verse to refer to both the afterlife of the saved and the torment of the damned. I've never heard anyone argue that the afterlife of the saved goes on for a finite period of time and then ends.
Personally, I don't find the Greeth myth(s) very convincing.
Some see the aeonian issue as indicative of the 1000 year reign of Christ. Some will be raised to rule, others will stay behind until the "final" resurrection.
You should also be aware that the Greek word which actually means eternal(aidios) is used in the Bible too. So, if aeonian was meant as "eternal", why wasn't the same word used everywhere?
But there's another issue that goes against the notion of eternal punishment, and that "should" be the purpose of punishments...
