What if some of the first Christians and Americans who call themselves Christians met?

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7. There were people who had distorted views of Christianity even in the 1st century

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so what we our experiencing now is nothing new. Number 3 in that article is just totally false. Jesus himself warned of hell many times. So did Peter 2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; The word being translated as hell is Tarturas which would be the deepest pit of Hades. Tartuas,Sheol and Gehenna are all words hell is translated from and they all mean pretty much the same thing.

The article mentioned the book of Acts as if it were some kind of proof against the existence of hell yet the book of Acts mentioned hell twice Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31. I know it may sound good to say hell was not a 1 century teaching, but it is all over the New Testament which is exactly where we should look to find an account of 1st century Christians. Those who claim hell is not an historic teaching of Christianity the burden of proof is on them, because the evidence does not seem to be on their side.