[Missey_Lucy_Goosey]

It also removes the Justice from a Just God, and relegates the likes of Adolf Hitler to a peaceful eternal death after passing in the arms of Eva Braun.

Amen, MLG! And this is side by side with the saved no less! :) I don't understand it.

While I would agree with the EOs on the point that the wide variety of imagery describing the state of eternal separation from the Love, Mercy and Grace of God, but not being separated from the Wrath and Justice of God, is describing a state far worse than the images can convey, to reject the doctrine of eternal punishment of the wicked in hell is a rejection of the revealed Nature of God's Justice and Wrath, which is exactly what Joel Osteen and so many others do.

[kosta50]

While I would agree with the EOs on the point that the wide variety of imagery describing the state of eternal separation from the Love, Mercy and Grace of God, but not being separated from the Wrath and Justice of God, is describing a state far worse than the images can convey, to reject the doctrine of eternal punishment of the wicked in hell is a rejection of the revealed Nature of God's Justice and Wrath, which is exactly what Joel Osteen and so many others do

The Orthodox do nto reject the state of eternal disocmfort experienced in the state of eternal separation from God. And I would agree that no words can convey the ogrror of that state of separation.

But, as Orthodox Christians we concentrate on God's salvific message because it applies to those who are in His Church. We can only pray that those who are not in His Church would come to Christ before it's too late.