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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Horripilation Ordered by Date |
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1 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Horripilation | 29826 | ||
Hey, I want to say thank you for replying to my post and helping to clear up a few things. A little while after posting this I engaged in conversation with a good Christian friend of mine and he also pointed out that I seemed to be confusing the concept of punishment with that of discipline (or, as you put it, rehabilitation). Though I am a Christian, I'll be the first to admit I'm a bit "backslidden", so to speak, and have probably been delving into things that I shouldn't be (most often literature-wise), and as such I think that ideas that I would have normally dismissed as being purely fiction, or blasphemous even, have been given a little too much thought to such a degree that I end up rationalising these ideas somehow, trying to *make* them make sense and be true. Eh, I'm not even sure if all *that* makes sense. But maybe you know what I'm talking about. Again, thanks for taking the time to answer this "Pharisee" (as kalos previously referred to me as. heh.) -Christopher |
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2 | The Purpose of Hell? | Not Specified | Horripilation | 29785 | ||
I had a question concerning the purpose of Hell, or, more specifically, what God hopes to achieve by damning a person to Hell. Also, was there another purpose for the creation of Hell other than to hold Lucifer and his daemons? I've been thinking about this a lot recently, perhaps too much, and have come to a (perhaps ill-drawn) conclusion that God may have had alterior motives in the creation of Hell (motives other than just creating it for Lucifer). I think that perhaps God created Hell so that He might instil a certain degree of fear into the peoples of the world, that they might seek Him and be saved, etc. The reasoning for this is why would anyone desire to get into heaven when there is no fear of eternal punishment? Sure, a few would undoubtedly still seek to be with Him, yet the majority would not, and would, instead, revel in all of that which the world does provide, as there are no consequences. As I understand it, Hell is a place of punishment. Now, when one is punished isn't the punishment applied for the sole reason of ensuring that the crime/sin/"bad thing" will not occur again? If this is correct, then Hell's whole existence is in a way contradictory (not sure if this is the right word), for what lessons will be learned and applied when the punishment is eternal? Hopefully you have some answers to these questions. |
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3 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Horripilation | 29789 | ||
I had a question concerning the purpose of Hell, or, more specifically, what God hopes to achieve by damning a person to Hell. Also, was there another purpose for the creation of Hell other than to hold Lucifer and his daemons? I've been thinking about this a lot recently, perhaps too much, and have come to a (perhaps ill-drawn) conclusion that God may have had alterior motives in the creation of Hell (motives other than just creating it for Lucifer). I think that perhaps God created Hell so that He might instil a certain degree of fear into the peoples of the world, that they might seek Him and be saved, etc. The reasoning for this is why would anyone desire to get into heaven when there is no fear of eternal punishment? Sure, a few would undoubtedly still seek to be with Him, yet the majority would not, and would, instead, revel in all of that which the world does provide, as there are no consequences. As I understand it, Hell is a place of punishment. Now, when one is punished isn't the punishment applied for the sole reason of ensuring that the crime/sin/"bad thing" will not occur again? If this is correct, then Hell's whole existence is in a way contradictory (not sure if this is the right word), for what lessons will be learned and applied when the punishment is eternal? Hopefully you have some answers to these questions. |
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