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ifyoucantfixit:
Amen sista......... but as you said...some things arent fun anymore if you have to do them..Compared
with how much joy you get out of doing them just because you love it.
Been There Done That....
Did you get my pm Lynne.......
Shakesthecoffecan:
Yeah, I may try and get something published one day, but if I had to write a collum for a newspaper on a dead line I dunno if I could cope.
Now as for paths not taken, I still would like to join the Peace Corps.
Wayne:
--- Quote from: Lynne on January 03, 2008, 02:49:02 pm ---To me this speaks more to the nature of hell - being alienation from God and family - instead of the fundamentalist Christian idea of a burning hell - than it does to the nature of God. Tell me more what you're thinking about...
--- End quote ---
Can I be a little bit creepy? :-\
I think the notion of hell - fire and brimstone - emerged from the literal experience of seeing bodies decay. :P They seem to be burning with a fire from within, and they smell like brimstone -- sulfur, or actually hydrogen sulfide.
The ancient Hebrew word that we translate as Hell was Gehenna, which was just the name of the literal place outside of town where they dumped bodies.
So hell, fire, and brimstone is not a special condemnation. It's just what happens as bodies decay. People wanted to escape that by being granted eternal life. They sought lots of routes.
Wayne:
Here is a photo of the actual location of Gehenna, the word that gets translated as "hell."
So this is the location - Gehenna - that they were talking about in the Bible when they said hell.
This chasm is what the word hell refers to. To go to hell means to be tossed into this gully.
Doesn't look all that bad ... :-\
I'll move this over to the new Eschatology thread!! :D
injest:
--- Quote from: wdj on January 04, 2008, 01:34:02 pm ---Can I be a little bit creepy? :-\
I think the notion of hell - fire and brimstone - emerged from the literal experience of seeing bodies decay. :P They seem to be burning with a fire from within, and they smell like brimstone -- sulfur, or actually hydrogen sulfide.
The ancient Hebrew word that we translate as Hell was Gehenna, which was just the name of the literal place outside of town where they dumped bodies.
So hell, fire, and brimstone is not a special condemnation. It's just what happens as bodies decay. People wanted to escape that by being granted eternal life. They sought lots of routes.
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I love this:
« Last Edit: Today at 05:28:56 PM by wdj, Reason: changed Sheol to Gehenna »
Widgee...I am so proud to call you friend...you are one of the smartest men I know..
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