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re: Constraints on the aferlife
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:14 am to Kadjin
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:14 am to Kadjin
Serious questions for believers that are going to sound argumentative:
Disregarding any inconsistencies with a literal reading of the Bible, let's say we go with the typical U.S. interpretation of the Bible, where God brings the born-again to Heaven and the rest of the sinners spend eternity in a fiery Hell with Satan.
What are the boundaries of Heaven and Hell? Am I free to leave Heaven whenever I want? Do I get to decorate my own mansion? What if my neighbors think my decorations are gaudy? Who do they complain to? Who settles the dispute?
Why can't the evil folks in Hell just get up and leave? If Hell has gates, why can't they storm the gates or hop the fence etc? Don't they outnumber the demons like 80 million to 1? Wouldn't the demons want to leave too? If they can't for some existential reason like nothing existing in their closed universe except for endless fiery Hell and it's beyond their power to change it, then isn't God a sadistic freak for creating the situation?
Disregarding any inconsistencies with a literal reading of the Bible, let's say we go with the typical U.S. interpretation of the Bible, where God brings the born-again to Heaven and the rest of the sinners spend eternity in a fiery Hell with Satan.
What are the boundaries of Heaven and Hell? Am I free to leave Heaven whenever I want? Do I get to decorate my own mansion? What if my neighbors think my decorations are gaudy? Who do they complain to? Who settles the dispute?
Why can't the evil folks in Hell just get up and leave? If Hell has gates, why can't they storm the gates or hop the fence etc? Don't they outnumber the demons like 80 million to 1? Wouldn't the demons want to leave too? If they can't for some existential reason like nothing existing in their closed universe except for endless fiery Hell and it's beyond their power to change it, then isn't God a sadistic freak for creating the situation?
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 9:15 am
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Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:25 am to Huey Lewis
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literal reading of the Bible
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fiery Hell with Satan
Bible actually suggests hell is separation from God in eternity. Someone teaching literally from the Bible should not consider hell to be a fiery pit somewhere in middle earth. The flames and pitchfork guy are modern associations, not biblical.
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 9:26 am
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:28 am to Huey Lewis
You have a dualistic view of religion and it's not like that.
What I mean is you see God and Satan as equal warring factions, Good vs. Evil.
The war has been fought and won already. Sin has been defeated on Mt Calvary.
Satan will be looked upon by everyone in the afterlife. Everyone will wonder "is THIS what the big fuss was about?"
What I mean is you see God and Satan as equal warring factions, Good vs. Evil.
The war has been fought and won already. Sin has been defeated on Mt Calvary.
Satan will be looked upon by everyone in the afterlife. Everyone will wonder "is THIS what the big fuss was about?"
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