[Lucas McCain]

I’ve dealt with these fine folks until I’m blue in the face. Of course I never had any hope of convincing anyone. That’s just the nature of it.

I used to be in their shoes. For 30 years I was a devout and committed Christian. I served as a pastor for many of those years. And I am familiar with the thinking. Any concession towards agreement with anything I have said (such as that forever dangling a screaming humanity over the fires of hell is not nice)would be met with pangs of conscience.

[Luircin]

I used to be in their shoes. For 30 years I was a devout and committed Christian. I served as a pastor for many of those years.

I call bull hockey on that statement.

[CynicalBear]

After all of those years and you have never done a study of the Hebrew and Greek words that have been translated “hell” to see what the misunderstanding might be? If in fact you were actually pastor how sad it is that you lack that understanding. Had you done that, and understood, you would be making none of the statements you have made here.

[Elsie]

Of course I never had any hope of convincing anyone.

Oh ye of little faith.

[Elsie]

For 30 years I was a devout and committed Christian.

Dang!

It took you 30 years to figger out that HELL thing???

(I don't think I would have admitted that!)

[Elsie]

I’ve dealt with these fine folks until I’m blue in the face.