| Final-Fan said: senseinobaka, appolose may be mistaken about death not being destroyable (assuming the existence and willingness of God to do such a thing), but the lake of fire that unbelievers are thrown into is clearly not merely a metaphor for complete nonexistence. "And the devil... was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever." I understand, what with people coming back from the dead at the end, that the Bible's authors might feel the need to specify "destroyed forever" (countering one of appolose's criticisms) but the description of "day and night for ever and ever" just makes no sense at all in that context. "I'm going to kill you, and you'll be dead forever, all seven days of the week. Especially on Tuesdays." The explicit description of something happening on a constant basis does not apply to something happens once and remains that way forever. |
Isn't the current Catholic interpretation of that "Hell isn't really a place, you'll just feel like a dick for eternity for not believing in god and therefore won't be as loved and feel like being a jerk for being a failure."
At least that's what i thought it was. Everyone goes to heaven but it's only "Perfect" for those who "pass the test" so to speak, and everyone else feels like a jerk on varying levels depending on how much of a jerk they were.
I do remember something about the Catholic Church saying there was no hell. It was on Sports Night. Ah I miss that show and it's almost complete lack of sports.
Also keep in mind, back in olden times people loved flowery unneeded language. "To be destroyed forever and ever" is a phrase i've heard many times before... as nonsensical as it may be.
