(February 13, 2015 at 3:45 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Sheol means "the grave". It's oblivion, not a place of torment. I can find OT passages that explain as much if you need me to.
Hades was the ancient Greek underworld ruled by the god of the same name. You are not suggesting that this is a real place, are you? Are the gods Hades, Zeus and Poseidon also real?
Christians also adopted the word hades to describe the place of the waiting. No I don't believe in the Greek gods. The old testament Jews didn't have a clear concept of life after death, but sheol was no less the state of waiting that christians ascribe to hades.
