RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
August 27, 2018 at 4:14 pm
(This post was last modified: August 27, 2018 at 4:32 pm by Amarok.)
Quote: What sins would someone who has already died and gone to hell not be willing to give up in the name of ending that suffering?
Quote:The blissfiulness of Heaven doesnt come from being in a tropical paradise with lots of good people, pleasures, and fun things to do, etc. It comes from being completely fulfilled due to accepting, and thus experiencing, love and goodness to its absolute fullest. So you are blissful because you are in a state where you have rejected all evil. There is no selfishness, no pride, no envy, no greed within you. You have fully rejected those things, and fully embraced love and goodness. In doing so, you are liberated and left feeling completely fulfilled. Think of it as the blissful euphoric feeling of being in love.That sounds awful especially if it's for eternity of course this also assumes that any of these feelings are good or right rather then the contrary.
Quote:Hell, on the other hand, is the opposite. The person isn't being burned and tortured in a dark cave with little demons running around with pitch forks. Rather, your misery comes from your own decision to reject goodness and love. Maybe out of pride. Maybe out of lack of remorse for the wrongs you have done. Maybe out of bitterness of some sort. Maybe you have a sense of entitlement - thinking that you deserve to experience eternal happiness even while being selfish... rather than being humble and remorseful. Basically, you are caught in your own negative sentiments and your own darkness. It is miserable, because when you are not in this life anymore, the only thing you take with you to the next is your soul. So you don't have distractions. If your soul is in a dark state, that is the only thing you will have and the only thing you will feel, and it is awful. That is what I believe Hell is like.That sounds awful especially if it's for eternity and this makes the absurd statement that it's "pride " that makes people feel remorse for supposed wrongs (wrongs according to Christianity ) rather then it not actually being wrong . Also it assumes that while they don't feel good they are in fact good .
Quote:No, it wasn't. But that's ok. The question wasn't for you anyway.I predict Jorms answer will be a much better worded agreement .Though i could be wrong .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
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