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To: metmom
"Jesus taught about eternal hellfire..."

Jesus taught about eternal life. The concept of an eternal conscious punishment is a construct of the Reformation used to bludgeon an ignorant population into blind obedience. The greatest punishment is an eternity separated from the presence of God. Corporal punishment is of no consequence after death.

"These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might" 2 Thessalonians 1:9

4,714 posted on 12/04/2010 12:22:13 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
"Jesus taught about eternal hellfire..." Jesus taught about eternal life

He taught about BOTH! And both are eternal.

The greatest punishment is an eternity separated from the presence of God

Does not that Scripture speaks of eternity?

Eternal means ETERNAL - it's doesn't mean it ceases to exist because then it is not eternal.

Souls never die nor never cease to exist. One lives in happiness they have never known and the other lives in literally hell they have never known.

It's not good to take God's Word lightly and lean unto one's own understanding (logic). Hear and Obey.
4,720 posted on 12/04/2010 1:47:39 PM PST by presently no screen name ("Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down.." Mark 7:13)
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