RE: The concept of Hell discourages belief
March 22, 2013 at 9:40 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2013 at 9:49 am by catfish.)
(March 22, 2013 at 8:01 am)John V Wrote:I'm sorry, I missed where that was "as shown".(March 22, 2013 at 7:49 am)catfish Wrote: No problem frank, I didn't expect you to understand why it's a valid question regarding a Greek word that means "pertaining to an age"A Greek word which you claim means "pertaining to an age." However, as shown, the context indicates otherwise, unless you're claiming that the afterlife endures for a finite age.
You should know that I'm not going to make claims regarding the afterlife, but only about what is written.
(March 22, 2013 at 8:01 am)John V Wrote:Yup, "eternal punishment" is not punishment, it is revenge... The Greek fucking myths are what I reject too. So yeah, I object to the eternal punishment in some Greek mythological place of damnation. Who is pretending?(March 22, 2013 at 7:49 am)catfish Wrote: as being relevant to the discussion about the so-called "eternal" punishment of an ever-loving and ever-forgiving God...This is your real issue. You disapprove of eternal punishment, and rather than deal with it, you pretend it's not there.
Anyways, "eternal punishment" goes against this verse, make of it what you will.
Hebrews 12:5-8 King James Version (KJV)
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
