hmmm? animals have two eyes. Not sure God has any eyes or arms as he is in the spirit realm we cannot comprehend. Right or wrong I always thought what separated us from animals was an immortal soul and that our spirit element was what was meant by image of God. Having said that I can tell from this thread and reading other materials that this is a deep topic worthy of a lot of reflection and discussion. No one can really lay claim that they 'know'.
I do think physical destruction makes more sense to me than eternal torment although I am not sure it matters whether it makes sense to me or not. I saw where someone said that the Hell was designed for Satan and his demons and only they experienced eternal torment. I was then thinking that this does not solve the difficulty for me. So it was hard to accept that God would design and allow eternal torment for man but it is OK as long as it's applied to some other form (fallen angels). A fallen angel chooses to disobey as does a human. But there are different rules for angels than men? I don't see that theory being any easier to accept. interesting stuff though.
[[Right or wrong I always thought what separated us from animals was an immortal soul ]]
And also our knowledge of, and agreement with, a universal moral code which guides and directs us unlike in the animal kingdome-
[[I saw where someone said that the Hell was designed for Satan and his demons and only they experienced eternal torment.]]
The bible talks abotu the man who was in hell and longed for even a drop of water (whcih indicates extreme torture) and who desperatelywanted to get word to his living kin to warn them of how bad it was where he was and not to coem htere- The place he was in was the ‘precursor to’ hell proper’ so I’m told just as the ‘paradise’ i nthe old testament was the precursor to heaven which we now have when we die (to be absent of the body is to be present with hte Lord)
[[I was then thinking that this does not solve the difficulty for me. So it was hard to accept that God would design and allow eternal torment for man but it is OK as long as it’s applied to some other form (fallen angels).]]
Why woudl it be more unnacptable for punishement of unrepentant peopel who despise God than it is for unrepentant criminals when they get sentenced to prison for hteir crimes agaisnt humanity? God in His benevolent love has given every man woman and child every chance possible to be saved when all we realyl deservede was annihilation for our sinful condition- God in His mercy, and His unfailing patience has extended the offer of fellowship and htese peopel by their own choice- (the same as criminals who choose NOT to obey the law) decide they love thesmelves mroe than their creator and woudl rather willingly go to hell than to submit to their Creator- There will be no ‘good people’ in Hell- Every person thjeir went htere willingly and with seethign hatred for God deep i ntheir souls (even if they never showed that seethign hatred on the outside)