Posted on 03/08/2010 9:04:40 AM PST by Salvation
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A school of thought that considers immortality of the soul to be a grace and not the natural attribute of every human spirit. It also professes that those impenitent at death will merely cease to exist. (Etym. Latin annihilare, to reduce to nothing.)
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A good read on the subject:
HELL: Eternal Torment or Complete Annihilation?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2240648/posts
Is this school of thought within the church?
Also, while I’m at it, I spoke with a visitor who is doing the play “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” by a playwright (sp?) by Stephen Adley Guirgis. She described him as a ‘lapsed’ Catholic and is said to have become so in part because he learned in school that God did not forgive Judas.
Please advise.
This is the tragedy. Iscariot might have been St Iscariot, but he did not repent. Rather, he died an impenitent suicide.
This is usually damnable.
Now - it is plausible that Judas may have repented ‘on the way down’, or he have had reduced free will (as e.g. some schizophrenics do) - but it seems very likely from our incomplete knowledge of the events that he is indeed damned.
Killing himself in despair is why he is damned - not because he betrayed Christ. After all, St Peter also betrayed Christ - as have a great many of us.
It is heretical, so it is not 'within the Church' in the sense I think you mean.
Interesting thread this. I can see the superficial attraction of annihilationism as a theory, but God has made us eternal (though not immortal) beings - and God unmakes nothing that He has made to be eternal. He annihilates Sin and Death, but not us. We are made in His image, and being eternal is part of that
If annihilationism were accepted, despite the truth of Hell, then it would lead many people to Hell. If the Church taught that the very worse thing that could happen to you was that you would cease to exist, then a great many people would convince themselves that that didn't sound so bad.
The Sinner's Guide - Ch 10. The Tenth Motive for Practicing Virtue: The Thought of Hell
The Importance of Hell [4 reasons]
The Four Last Things: Hell
The Valley of Hell
Heaven or Hell? A Cautionary Tale (an old but still funny joke)
Catholic Caucus: HELL EXISTS AND WE MIGHT GO THERE!
Radio Replies First Volume - Hell
Notre Dame: Does anyone go to heaven or hell, or is it all just "academic?"
THE FOUR LAST THINGS: DEATH, JUDGMENT, HELL and HEAVEN PART III. ON HELL. VIII. On Eternity
THE FOUR LAST THINGS: PART III. ON HELL. VII. The Worm that Dieth Not.
THE FOUR LAST THINGS: PART III. ON HELL. V. On the Company of Hell.
THE FOUR LAST THINGS ---- DEATH, JUDGMENT, HELL and HEAVEN IV. Some Other Torments of Hell
THE FOUR LAST THINGS: PART III. ON HELL. III. On the Vile Odors of Hell
THE FOUR LAST THINGS: PART III. ON HELL. II. On the Hunger and Thirst Suffered in Hell
Whatever Became of Hell? (HAS THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE BEEN QUENCHED )
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 11: Hell
A Question Of Hell (One Minister Questions Its Existence)
Pell-Mell to Hell -- Cardinal Pell
A Hell to Shun
Playing with fire ["Hell makes a comeback"]
Pope Benedict, Dr. Johnson, and Hell
According to this Pope "Hell really exists"
Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal
Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal
The fires of Hell are real and eternal, Pope warns
Balthasar, Hell, and Heresy: An Exchange (is it compatable with the Catholic faith?)
Angels - in Heaven, on Earth and in Hell
Angels - in Heaven, on Earth and in Hell
Scholars: Heaven, hell, meaningless to most Americans
Which circle of Hell do You belong in?
There Is No Hell
Why We Need Hell
"To Hell with Hell!": The Spiritual Dumbing Down of the Generations
The key to the gates of hell (Science gone mad Alert!)
Judas was damned before his suicide. Jesus told him that it would have been better for him that he had never been born, and the reason was his future betrayal of Jesus.
I see hell as quite permanent, at least from a “human” perspective. But you can read my perspective regarding this in my posts in the thread I linked.
And another one: The Last Enemy
Many people don't realize that DEATH means DEATH, i.e., lifelessness: death is the opposite of life.
You must be Ken. ;)
I’ve been to that site for other stuff in the past. The site name immedidately rang a bell. Good stuff there.
Seems this is a ton of speculation without any facts..do you have any scripture to verify this ?
Thank you for the scripture on this
Ive been to that site for other stuff in the past. The site name immedidately rang a bell. Good stuff there.
I think so, of course, I'm a little biased saying that :-)
I've gotten 100's of comments on the articles I've got posted on the site. In fact, some have even asked how they could join the "Resurrection Fellowship" spoken of on C. Dickinson's page :-) (It's a spiritual fellowship!)
Thanks so much for all those links.
No problem. There was a lot of catching up but the vacation was worth it.
Glad you enjoyed your vacation.
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