I just want to "test the waters" so to speak concerning your beliefs about hell. Do you think it exists? Do you think its literal?
SWAHMSTRUFVUN
SWAHMSTRUFVUN
I'm rather undecided on what Hell ultimately is. I really don't believe it is an eternal place of fiery torment. There is no Biblical support for this view. Almost all of the modern day preaching and belief on what Hell is like was created by Dante Alighieri. I could perhaps see hell as a metaphor for annihilation. But Hell has always been used by the Church as a fear tactic to scare people into converting.I just want to "test the waters" so to speak concerning your beliefs about hell. Do you think it exists? Do you think its literal?
I just want to "test the waters" so to speak concerning your beliefs about hell. Do you think it exists? Do you think its literal?
SWAHMSTRUFVUN
We have a choice not to be part of the incoming Kingdom of God. What that alternative might look like is something scripture speaks of only in metaphor and story (as is appropriate).I just want to "test the waters" so to speak concerning your beliefs about hell.
I think people have a real choice.Do you think it exists?
That what, exactly, is literal?Do you think its literal?
замученный;53728736 said:I believe Hell is a literal place and that it's Hell because of the absence of God. I have no other thoughts on what goes on there though.
Hell. There is no such place.
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How do you know?
CC
Good question - I'd like some basis for this denial of the existence of Hell.
the word "Hell" should NOT be in the Bible.