Posted on 12/06/2010 10:00:22 AM PST by Salvation
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The act of wiping out the existence of something. According to the Christian faith, as God has freely created the whole universe, he is also free to annihilate any or all of it through withdrawing of his preserving influence and so allow it to relapse into nothingness. However, revelation teaches that, in point of fact, God has no intention of annihilating what he made. Even the material universe, it is believed, will not be put out of existence but will only be drastically changed.
Or does it refer to people who deny God? Will those who deny God exists, the saints exist, etc. be annihilated?
To annihilate liberalism, you would first have to end stupidity, cowardice, and uselessness.
...and self-centeredness ;-)
...wait, there’s more: victim mentality, the ease of becoming a pawn, class warfare, the race card, and .....
....and...the welfare check each month.
Teach them to fish. Don’t give them a fish.
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I have no doubt that the author was referring to the heretical belief known as "soul annihilation". It teaches that the soul does not survive death, and therefore does not experience Hell (and depending on the teacher, it may not experience Heaven, either). Jehovah's Witnesses are IMO probably the best known adherents of soul annihilation.
Related threads:
Theologian Jim Cronfel Addresses Systematic Annihilationism in His New Book "Eternal Christianity"
Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal
HELL: Eternal Torment or Complete Annihilation?
There is also the offbeat doctrine of some denominations called “annihilationism” which holds there is no fiery hell, rather, the reprobate are just annihilated. Like going to sleep and never waking up.
I almost posted that thread because it was a Catholic Word of the Day previously.
I think you are talking about “annihilationsim” which is a very strange belief in no hell......so I would construe then......no heaven either.
An nihil ate suggests "to make nothing out of something." I don't think natural disasters do anything but obey the law of conservation of energy and matter and, so, they don't turn something into nothing (they only change its form).
And people who deny God wind up in eternal torment -- it would probably be better for them if they were made nothing.
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