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RE: HELL on Earth EXISTS, but HELL as a place, simply CAN NOT.

in #life • 8 years ago

You should watch this movie, "Hell and Mr.Fudge"
http://www.hellandmrfudge.org/
I am a christian, and I believe that Hell is annihilation.
There is no continual suffering. Many verses in the bible support this.

I enjoyed reading your story. Thanks!

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     8 years ago 

    Not heard of that film but I will check it out for sure. Just something that came to mind just now. Did you know that the word "hell" in its original form when used in its original language during the time of Christ, refers to a place located outside of the city walls of Jerusalem. It was a kind of giant dumping ground where people would literally throw anything they wanted to get rid of, from old rags to old dead goats. This meant it smelled absolutely terrible. With that in mind I wonder if it is worth looking at what Jesus really meant when he used that word. Is it possible that over the centuries, after Jesus left this earth, that catholic popes , cardinals etc have twisted it to fit their agenda. As I say, just a thought.
    Thanks for taking the time to respond. Appreciated .

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      There are more than one underlying words in Hebrew or Greek that are interpreted in English as "Hell" in the Bible. It is an interesting study which I did a long time ago. But basically you have to look at the word in the original language to see more clearly what "hell" in English is referring to. The Hell you referred to here is originally "Gehenna" in Greek. The other Greek word is "Hades" which often is simply translated as "the grave."

      Here's is a website that lays out Edward Fudge's position on Hell:

      We begin with conditionalism, which is sometimes referred to as annihilationism. Conditionalists begin with the premise that only God is inherently immortal. For humans, immortality is God's conditional gift, bestowed at the resurrection but only to the redeemed. Those who reject God's grace throughout life do not live forever. When John 3:16 says the options are eternal life or perish, conditionalists say that means just what it seems to say.

      According to conditionalism, at the end of the world, the good and bad alike are raised to face judgment. The righteous enjoy eternal life with God; the lost are sentenced to hell. But God does not keep billions of them alive forever to torment them without end. Instead, those in hell suffer such precise pains as divine justice may require, in a destructive process that ends in extinction. This is the second death, the wages of sin. Eternal punishment is eternal destruction, eternal capital punishment.

      http://rachelheldevans.com/blog/ask-a-conditionalist-response

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