Originally Posted by
bibleblevr
First off,
hell is not eternal it is a just and fair punishment for the crimes we have done against God. When the punishment is over we have perished, and are gone, not tortured some more. this idea has been used over and over to try to scare people into Christianity, but it is a lie. many well meaning people believe it, but it is simply not taught in the Bible.
Well that subject deserves a whole new tread otherwise this one will get derailed. In the interest of Christian cohesion in this thread and in the interest of sticking with the topics at hand, I probably should not have mentioned my annihilation stance. But if you want to talk about it, feel free to PM me, I did a study on this issue fairly recently so I can definitely rustle up some good verses/ arguments for you if you like.