(February 17, 2015 at 9:52 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(February 17, 2015 at 7:11 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I'm loving that we have 2 people, LEK and Godschild, both call themselves 'Christians', both get their beliefs from the same texts, both believe in the same deity, yet they both have differing views of one of the most important tenets of their religion.
Doesn't this say a lot about the god that created their text, the most important document in the history of the universe (according to them), so badly that no 2 believers get the same message?
Yes -- cherry-picking. On all sides.
(February 17, 2015 at 9:46 pm)YGninja Wrote: THe doctrine of eternal torture is not biblical. You will only find a couple of verses from Revelations that appear to support this doctrine, and Revelations is infamous for being difficult to understand.
Matthew 18:8, linked above. Explain it.
Easy, eternal fire. Not eternal life in said fire. The eternal nature of the fire could work as a symbolic reminder of the wrath of God, etc.
