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To: cuban leaf
For clarification--I said earlier that Hell was created for Satan. Angels (which Satan is) are eternal beings.

Given those two items, I have to believe that Hell is a place of eternal torment.

As I also believe that our souls are eternal, there will be no death--as defined as "ceasing to exist." The death described is being eternally separated from God in a place of torment--Hell.

As mentioned above, Matthew 13:42 tells of "wailing and gnashing of teeth" which indicates torment to me.

31 posted on 07/31/2012 7:25:30 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

—As I also believe that our souls are eternal, there will be no death...—

I also used to believe that. But I started noticing the verses that say “eternal life vs death and destruction” and I realized I was really twisting the meaning of English words to hold that view.

And we are talking about something that we can’t really “know” until after death of our physical body and the resurrection. And some will go to the second “death”.

I can’t find any scripture that supports that the “soul” is eternal, Christian or not, though that was what I was being taught the first years after becoming a Christian.


32 posted on 07/31/2012 8:24:41 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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