(July 15, 2015 at 8:40 am)loganonekenobi Wrote: I believe the idea of eternal fire torture is actaully not the only view of hell. Some say that hell is where the wicked go to learn the error of their ways until they understand what they did wrong. Others say that you go to hell to be consumed by the fire and you soul forever gone. The current view however is the strongest because it appeals to the greatest amount of fear from the common person and so is the best instument to use in converting. Also I read somewhere that for the longest time hell was merely a conceptual state of mind until someone thought of the idea of using it as a real place to scare people. It works well for a third of the population apparently. So let's go die in glorious battle and go to Valhala instead or is it Sto-vo-kor.
Well, no...there have been various views and definitions of hell and hell-like realms throughout human history, just as humans have made up various heavens, gods, and other things that cause weather or go bump in the night to explain away their fear of the unknown instead of killing that fear by making the unknown known.
Say that shit five times fast.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
