Posted By: Bobryan
ISIS style crimes - time to rethink the RCCs form of eternal hell? - 03/01/15 06:00 AM
So then will this article bring awareness of the "elephant in the living room"??
The doctrine of “eternal, conscious torment” can get even sicker depending how far one wants to take it: instead of people like Hitler being eternally tortured ISIS style, many would believe that folks like indigenous tribes living in the jungle who have never met a missionary or seen a Bible will all be tortured in the flames too. In fact, some areas of Christianity, such as extreme Calvinism, actually believe that God created most of humanity for the express purpose of torturing them in flames and that they have no right to complain or object– because God has every right to create things for whatever purpose he has in mind, including ISIS style torture.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfun...ctrine-of-hell/
Lateran IV calls for the "extermination" of heretics and Jews.
Dante's "infermo", followed by J. Edward's "sinners in the hands of an Angry God" -- where Dante claims to be guided by the Roman pagan spirit guide Virgil describing the various layers of eternal hell -- selects a far worse style of torture -- infinite torture --
Maybe world wide disgust over ISIS is also a segway to reviewing somethings inside the Christian camp.
Your thoughts?
in Christ,
Bob
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The doctrine of “eternal, conscious torment” can get even sicker depending how far one wants to take it: instead of people like Hitler being eternally tortured ISIS style, many would believe that folks like indigenous tribes living in the jungle who have never met a missionary or seen a Bible will all be tortured in the flames too. In fact, some areas of Christianity, such as extreme Calvinism, actually believe that God created most of humanity for the express purpose of torturing them in flames and that they have no right to complain or object– because God has every right to create things for whatever purpose he has in mind, including ISIS style torture.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfun...ctrine-of-hell/
Lateran IV calls for the "extermination" of heretics and Jews.
Dante's "infermo", followed by J. Edward's "sinners in the hands of an Angry God" -- where Dante claims to be guided by the Roman pagan spirit guide Virgil describing the various layers of eternal hell -- selects a far worse style of torture -- infinite torture --
Maybe world wide disgust over ISIS is also a segway to reviewing somethings inside the Christian camp.
Your thoughts?
in Christ,
Bob