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catrose

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28. Usually I sigh over people's inability to comprehend metaphor & other literary devices in the Bible.

Sat Jan 11, 2020, 04:45 PM

Jan 2020

But hell--or Sheol--was a literal place, the dump outside Jerusalem that smoldered and burned forever, like a compost heap. Trash included dead bodies with no one to claim them, and it was a horrifying thought, to think that you'd be thrown out with the garbage to burn forever if no one loved you enough to give you a proper burial.

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Why Do People Believe in Hell? [View all] Cattledog Jan 2020 OP

In my view, hell is a metaphor for a separation from the Creator. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #1

That's the lame ass "it's not that bad" hell. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #5

No, it the assertion that hell, and sin, guillaumeb Jan 2020 #6

I swear you've claimed that your gods are everywhere. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #8

It is a separation, an apartness. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #12

So your gods are not everywhere. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #17

Your statement bears no relation to what I wrote. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #20

So gods are not part of consciousness? Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #23

As I said, in my view hell is a state of being. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #24

And you are also claiming that your gods are everywhere? Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #25

The Creator is inseparable from the creation. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #26

But these hell inhabitants are separate from your gods. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #29

They are spiritually "apart" from the Creator. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #37

I'd rather laugh with the sinners edhopper Jan 2020 #9

Oh yeah that's how you avoid the "god sends people to hell" problem... trotsky Jan 2020 #14

I'm okay with the separation Cartoonist Jan 2020 #15

Consider sin as another word for behaving unjustly toward others. eom guillaumeb Jan 2020 #16

I've only done that a few times Cartoonist Jan 2020 #18

A fantastic image. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #21

Lol😂 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #27

That is the Reform Jewish interpretation Cary Jan 2020 #31

I had no idea. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #38

It just meant as information Cary Jan 2020 #39

Regarding the Bible as mainly metaphor, guillaumeb Jan 2020 #40

if they literally followed the Bible they'd be nasty, vindictive slugs. Cary Jan 2020 #41

And I feel that there are no true literalists. eom guillaumeb Jan 2020 #45

How about where God denied Moses entrance into the promised land Cary Jan 2020 #42

Because they are nuts? we can do it Jan 2020 #2

I was going to say "because I need a fitting place to picture Croney Jan 2020 #3

😂 we can do it Jan 2020 #4

With what we know about Republicans and their supporters, I hope it exists. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #7

Why do people believe in divinity at all. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #10

Convenient way for the early church to control people TlalocW Jan 2020 #11

The promise of reward or punishment for the controlled behavior Major Nikon Jan 2020 #13

+1 Duppers Jan 2020 #19

Our 'individual Hells' (economic, mental, relationship, environment, etc etc. ARE REAL. JustFiveMoreMinutes Jan 2020 #22

Usually I sigh over people's inability to comprehend metaphor & other literary devices in the Bible. catrose Jan 2020 #28

With metaphor all things are possible Major Nikon Jan 2020 #43

Love it! Metaphorically, of course catrose Jan 2020 #44

It offends evangelicals when people "get away" with things the evangelicals call sins. Thomas Hurt Jan 2020 #30

Authoritarians Cary Jan 2020 #33

I was in an Uber a couple of days ago and a hard core Christian Cary Jan 2020 #32

I think a lot of people love to see others in pain. Srkdqltr Jan 2020 #34

If god is truly infinitely loving and merciful, then even Hitler went to heaven. Binkie The Clown Jan 2020 #35

I do not believe in consciousness after death unblock Jan 2020 #36

Indoctrination, conditioning, repeated lies, brainwashing... NeoGreen Jan 2020 #46