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Originally Posted by MarcBee
Embrace? No. I am claiming that eternal hellfire is consistent with Jesus' teaching. I presume you are not claiming a distinction between "torture in hellfire" and "eternal damnation." Pretty sure orthodoxy regards them the same, or at least biblical literalist/fundamentalism does.
Damnation--the prescribed punishment for having inherited the Sin Nature from Adam--is very Pauline. Mankind's position of enmity with God (until born again) is taught in NT with no regard to age accountability--Adam was the problem. But okay, let's exclude babies for sake of argument--
Even if one does not accept this interpretation of the irrelevance for any "age of accountability", I'm implying there is little essential difference between eternal hellfire for a 12 year old having committed his/her first "accountable" sin and eternal hell for an "innocent" baby. To punish a finite sin with an infinitely painful and infinitely long torture is a psychopathic deranged thing to do, in any circumstance. (Which revulsion of course fits your UR doctrine, I see. But UR requires so much spin. An omnipotent, omniscient god could have easily avoided being tagged as the creator of an eternal hellfire where most of humanity goes, considering the bible is supposed to be god's primary interface for communication with mankind.)
Instead,
Matthew 10:28
28 And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him that is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. |
The question is: "How can the traditional definition of hellfire be true, considering the power, and the nature of the Father?" I have no problem with questioning the traditional interpretations and translations.
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