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1 | 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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2 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | kalos | 29790 | ||
If I may be allowed to quote yokefellow: "...there are people (as you well know) who have a hidden "agenda". They are not sincerely seeking answers from God's Word but live simply to stir up strife and contention. These are folks who already have an answer in their minds before they ask their question but want you to support their answer whether or not it is supported or authorized by God's Word or not. Then they get angry at you for not supporting it! The Pharisees that Jesus dealt with were of like character. These folks have "closed" minds - not "open" minds as we must have in order to attain the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 18:1-4)." |
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