RE: Was hell a later invention to scare believers?
June 25, 2015 at 12:23 am
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2015 at 12:26 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 25, 2015 at 12:13 am)robvalue Wrote: what could Jesus have done that was more evil than to create/unleash hell? I'd love to hear of a suggestion from anybody as to a more evil act Jesus could have done.
Well, I suppose he -could have- created a situation in which both the gates of hell and the key to avoiding it involved the status of one's accepting an offer payed for by the blood another. It's difficult to imagine what would have been more disgusting than hell...but that -might- have taken the cake....had he been so inclined....
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