Eternal Conscious Torment in Hell is not a Biblical Doctrine.
According to the Bible the wages of sin is death, not eternal conscious torment in hell.
Define HELL
What d'ya think?
What d'ya think?
Hell was created for the devil and his angels, men who follow the devil will end up where he is.
We who follow Christ will end up where He is.
Unfortunately for you, scripture uses "death" & "dead" for those that are still conscious.Eternal Conscious Torment in Hell is not a Biblical Doctrine.
According to the Bible the wages of sin is death, not eternal conscious torment in hell.
What d'ya think?
The wicked should go to hell, that is the proper place for them to be.
I think you should have something to say when you start a thread.
What about rabbits?
Unfortunately for you, scripture uses "death" & "dead" for those that are still conscious.
So, when scripture says that the wages of sin is death, it doesn't have to mean that you no longer have a conscious existence.
For Timmy:
Basanismos means torment.
Whose smoke of basanismos will ascend for ages of ages for having accepted the mark?
I wanted to see what the majority of opinion was. It seems that most who have posted do not believe in an eternal "Hell." BTW Hell or Hades does not always mean the grave as fzappa posted. Perhaps a little study is order for him? My opinion is that I believe in a literal place of eternal punishment, I am not an annihilationist. There is election, there is reprobation, there is good there is evil, there is heaven, there is Hell. Scripture does teach a place of eternal, conscious punishment where the wicked of every generation will be consigned on the last day. Consider, if it were not so, how could God be perfectly just and holy. People do not like it, they try to get around it by reasoning it away. Scripture is misused and distorted (sometimes out of ignorance) to theologically dismiss it. However, if one follows the golden rule of herminutics ie, always interpret literally except if the context dictates otherwise, the only conclusion IMO one can come to is yes, Hell, Hades is real! ��
The real question is why do sincere people try to substitute a lie for Biblical truth��
Pete ��