First, welcome to the forum.
Now, regarding hell being eternal, it is! The bible is clear.
Revelation 14, verse 11 "And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." 12. This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
Read Revelation for a good overview of how long hell lasts.
I can understand your confusion. But consider that God while loving us, is also a righteous God and will not tolerate sin.
That is why He sent Jesus as the one time sacrifice to pay for al our sins. He (God) only asks that we recognize that sacrifice and accept the free gift of eternity with Him.
Being righteous, God provided a solution for sinful mankind. Nowhere in the bible does it hint that hell is not forever.
Concerning evolution, in spite of what some would have us believe, evolution is a theory, and not supported by evidence. Mathmatical probability alone assures us that it is impossible, as one post already showed.
Another post dealt with laws of physics. I would ask that person to explain the law of physics that allows, or causes, something to spring into existence from nothing. There is no such law.
Many of the so-called proofs of evolution have been proven to be false. Some were simply mistakes, others were fraud.
The widest evolutionary belief is that it all started with the big bang.
OK, the big bang occurred (according to them) when an inconceivably large collection of hydrogen atoms were collected together in one place, resulting in a HUGE nuclear explosion in which all matter was created.
Question: Where did all the hydrogen atoms come from?
Question: Since one law of physics says that in a vaccum gas particles will disperse evenly to fill the space allocated, hydrogen atoms would have dispersed throughout the universe, not be drawn to one place.
Now, what provided the inconceivably huge magnetic force to draw the lightest atoms known across billions and billions and billions of miles into one place, and then compact them so tight that a thermonuclear reaction/explosion took place?
In short, nothing springs, by itself, into existence from nothing. THerefor, there must have been a creator to cause that to happen. This includes the hydrogen atoms and the magnetic forces required.
I repeat, evolution may be called a theory, but in my mind it is not, it is a set of conclusions drawn to fit a very limited set of observations.
As one person said, not the same designs, the same designer.
Fred
PS.
We cannot work our way to salvation. None of us are good enough to get there without Christ and His salvation. When the bible speaks of our "good works" it is referring to those good deeds we do after we are born again. That judgement, which all believers will experience, determines our rewards in heaven. It has nothing to do with our salvation.
Fred
Now, regarding hell being eternal, it is! The bible is clear.
Revelation 14, verse 11 "And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." 12. This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
Read Revelation for a good overview of how long hell lasts.
I can understand your confusion. But consider that God while loving us, is also a righteous God and will not tolerate sin.
That is why He sent Jesus as the one time sacrifice to pay for al our sins. He (God) only asks that we recognize that sacrifice and accept the free gift of eternity with Him.
Being righteous, God provided a solution for sinful mankind. Nowhere in the bible does it hint that hell is not forever.
Concerning evolution, in spite of what some would have us believe, evolution is a theory, and not supported by evidence. Mathmatical probability alone assures us that it is impossible, as one post already showed.
Another post dealt with laws of physics. I would ask that person to explain the law of physics that allows, or causes, something to spring into existence from nothing. There is no such law.
Many of the so-called proofs of evolution have been proven to be false. Some were simply mistakes, others were fraud.
The widest evolutionary belief is that it all started with the big bang.
OK, the big bang occurred (according to them) when an inconceivably large collection of hydrogen atoms were collected together in one place, resulting in a HUGE nuclear explosion in which all matter was created.
Question: Where did all the hydrogen atoms come from?
Question: Since one law of physics says that in a vaccum gas particles will disperse evenly to fill the space allocated, hydrogen atoms would have dispersed throughout the universe, not be drawn to one place.
Now, what provided the inconceivably huge magnetic force to draw the lightest atoms known across billions and billions and billions of miles into one place, and then compact them so tight that a thermonuclear reaction/explosion took place?
In short, nothing springs, by itself, into existence from nothing. THerefor, there must have been a creator to cause that to happen. This includes the hydrogen atoms and the magnetic forces required.
I repeat, evolution may be called a theory, but in my mind it is not, it is a set of conclusions drawn to fit a very limited set of observations.
As one person said, not the same designs, the same designer.
Fred
PS.
We cannot work our way to salvation. None of us are good enough to get there without Christ and His salvation. When the bible speaks of our "good works" it is referring to those good deeds we do after we are born again. That judgement, which all believers will experience, determines our rewards in heaven. It has nothing to do with our salvation.
Fred
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