No not which parts to read.. the most logical way with so many translations is to go to the source or do a comparitive study. There are lots of instances of Ghenna and out of all of them you single out theese 2 and interpret them towards your view as I only pointed out a few before that were more in line with my translation. But every instance I can find save theese 2 (I know there's more, but at least 20) all refer to what hell is and not what it does. We'll look at theese 2 and logically incorperate them into our framework, then.
presupposes Hell is eternal.
Out of the 17 version shown here only the KJV and AKJV reference http://bible.cc/mark/3-29. Let's then take sin consequences, judgement and damnation together and see that a reasonable conclusion would be that the punishment is final and unchanging. Is't it logical to assume that an omnipotent being (if he existed) that made a judgement wouldn't go back and change it later? That still doesn't say what the duration of the punishment is ony that the punishment is permenant. Destruction is a very permenant solution or punishment and I think the latter verse in Matthew illustrates that nicely in contrasting the finality of living eternally with God or eternally not existing because your soul was destroyed in hell.
presupposes Hell is eternal.
Out of the 17 version shown here only the KJV and AKJV reference http://bible.cc/mark/3-29. Let's then take sin consequences, judgement and damnation together and see that a reasonable conclusion would be that the punishment is final and unchanging. Is't it logical to assume that an omnipotent being (if he existed) that made a judgement wouldn't go back and change it later? That still doesn't say what the duration of the punishment is ony that the punishment is permenant. Destruction is a very permenant solution or punishment and I think the latter verse in Matthew illustrates that nicely in contrasting the finality of living eternally with God or eternally not existing because your soul was destroyed in hell.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
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