It sounds like you were duped by some teacher or other who reads too much into symbolism while declaring a pox on those who have preached on the realities of Hell for 2000 years!
It sounds like you were duped by some teacher or other who reads too much into symbolism while declaring a pox on those who have preached on the realities of Hell for 2000 years!
I listen to about 2.5 hours of the bible pretty much every day on my way to and from work. I’m amazed how many verses there are that touch on this subject in sometimes very subtle ways. They pretty much all point to “death”, “destruction”, “perish”, etc. And even the ones that are “fuzzy” are only that way because they are not talking about the person who is destroyed, but the place where the person is destroyed.
I use this analogy to explain: If I say I’m going to paint a fence blue for all eternity, does it mean I am going to spend eternity painting the fence blue, or that I will paint it once and it will STAY BLUE for all eternity?
The scriptures that bring up this concept about the fate of the lost generally relate to the latter.
And I’m not concerned about what has been taught in various churches for 2,000 years. If I was, I would be Catholic. I’m concerned about what the bible says, not what men say.
It sounds like you were duped by some teacher or other who reads too much into symbolism while declaring a pox on those who have preached on the realities of Hell for 2000 years!