(March 16, 2019 at 7:07 pm)Losty Wrote:((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((9)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))(March 16, 2019 at 6:58 pm)Belaqua Wrote: A word to the wise about this forum:
Bullying and insults are accepted forms of speech here. Even as a fellow atheist, if people disagree with you for any reason, they are likely to call you the foulest names they can think of at the moment.
I don't know about your background or what triggers your anxiety, but it might be wise to keep your cards close to your chest here until you know the personalities who will be responding to you.
Meh, there are jerks everywhere. Most of us are nice
Quick word on hell:
Eternal hell is a Christian invention. It does not exist in Judaism.The Jews do have a place or punishment/cleansing. The longest time anyone will spend there is 2 years.
Christian hell began in early Christianity. Once again, lifted from Roman beliefs; a vague notion of the underworld. I also remember an early name for hell was "sheol"-- that was a rubbish dump outside of Jerusalem where literally anything could be dumped, including the bodies of slaves and executed persons. It took centuries for the Christian notion of an eternal to evolve and become doctrine.
The Wikipedia article quoted below is worth a read.
In religion and folklore, Hell is an afterlife location, sometimes a place of torment and punishment. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations while religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. Typically these traditions locate hell in another dimension or under the Earth's surface and often include entrances to Hell from the land of the living. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Purgatory, Paradise, and Limbo.
Other traditions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe Hell as an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Sheol and Hades).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell