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Originally Posted by Christian223  1. What makes you think we "give" our souls to "something"?.
2. To understand that you need to understand what God is, our nature, and what hell is, its kind of complex, have you ever tried findind this on the internet? maybe a Christian article on some Christian site?. |
1. I think the confusion is generated from the poorly worded, yet common idea of "giving one's Self" to God. The giving of one's Self is quite vague and is open to vast amounts of interpretation. Submission tends to be a fairly common theme in the Bible.
Can you explain number 2 a bit more please?
I think there are two ways to look at Hell, Historically and Metaphysically.
Historically, Hell was used as part of the overarching threat of damnation. Extra incentive to be a good person. If people don't necessarily buy into the "kindness of your own heart" routine of Jesus, then they could be feared into the same actions through the threat of eternal damnation.
Metaphysically, I have problems with the ideas of both Heaven and Hell, I find it overly simplistic. A God that judges people or does anything is Anthropomorphized, and Antropomorphic Gods have severe problems metaphyiscally!