Yeah there was a big burning garbage dump in Isreal called "Gehenna"-- Jesus talked about the dangers of going to Gehenna if you sinned--obviously a metaphor.
The idea of Hell is hard to reconcile with an all-loving God--to say the least.
But these two ideas make even less sense to me:
1. We will simply pass out of existence completely when we die.
2. We will continue to live on in some fashion, but it won't matter if you've led a good life or a bad--we'll all live happily ever after regardless.
If you think of hell as a burning lake of fire it comes across as pretty ridiculous. But if you think of it as a way of saying "The consequences of your bad actions will stick with you after you die" it makes some sense, if you believe in any kind of afterlife.
Last edited by Scholar22 : 02-06-2007 at 01:13 AM.
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