Who does religion care?

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You're assuming that the eternalness of the soul is a Christian teaching, when it's a Plutonic one. The only Christian teachingabout anything lasting forever are God's Love and Ressurection through Christ. You may shirk off the arguement because I'm an apologist, but this is a metaphysical subject and according to the dictionary definition quoted me "4. Metaphysics . existing outside all relations of time; not subject to change." How can anything go on forever outside the bounds of time? Forever is a length of time, for now and ever more. Eternal is unchanging and will not change. If your soul is destroyed it won't change. If you believe in eternal suffering that's typically (Like the salvation through works believers) because people hope that through sufferring you will change or because they enjoy the thought of you suffering forever. That's a hope for change and would not be eternal eternal. That's not a Christian doctrine in either sense, it's not one my denomination prescribes to, it's not one I teach my kids at home, it's not one I teach at Church to adults or kids. I think I can see why you would believe that way, but that mindset is only valid if you exclude certain verses. All of them together in context seem to point towards what I am attempting to explain.