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Originally posted by miriam0566
take a piece of paper. throw it into a blazing fireplace. what happens?
the paper is tormented or incinerated (destroyed)?
why would god use something that destroys as a metaphor for torment?
Originally posted by SailorinAZ
It does not say anywhere in the bible that people will go to hell and burn forever. Never says it.
Originally posted by saint4God
"But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell." - Matthew 5:23
"It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell." - Matthew 18:9
"It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out." - Mark 9:43
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." - Matthew 25:41
"In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire." - Jude 1:7
There's more surely, these are a few more poignant examples.
Originally posted by karl 12
Not to worry though-all christians are also going to endure and suffer a ghastly horrible fate for having the audacity not to mindlessly accept the doctrine of another abrahamic cult/sect,islam-so it all works itself out in the end.
Originally posted by SailorinAZ
None of the quotes say people will burn forever in a fire. They do say the fire burns forever but they do not say people burn forever.
Originally posted by saint4God
"The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." - Matthew 13:41-42
"I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." - Matthew 8:11-12
"There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out." - Luke 13:28
"They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever." - Jude 1:13
"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." - Matthew 25:46
There's more about it in the Bible of course. As far as why God uses this "metaphor" (which can be debated whether or not it is a metaphor), that's question for Him.
Originally posted by veranda
I never said that I am a Christian or that I believe in the bible. I believe helping each other out is more meaningful to God than memorizing bible verses and condemning everyone to hell
Originally posted by BlackProjects
Other thoughts on this subject... if a drowning man is thrown a life preserver(as humanity was with gift of Christ) but chooses not to take hold and drown..how is the thrower(God) of the life preserver at fault?