the Video Hassan posted
OP - September 20, 2009, 12:45 AM
Hi Hassan
I hope and pray all is well with you and yours.
I found the video interesting. I just thought it rather strange the direction it took.
It stated the well known fact that the word sheol means grave which is nothing like what the word hell means. Indeed a mistranslation. It reasoned well that eternity in torment is not a just punishment for even the worst of crimes, let alone simply not believing in God. The commentator is exactly right how could forever in Paradise be paradise for a just minded person knowing that there may be someone, let alone someone they love being tormented in fire forever. That is why the Bible assures us that the dead are conscious of nothing at all which eliminates the possibility of physical torment or for that matter any kind of torment. Try looking at Ecc 9:5. The commentator says that life ends in death, being gone, being nothing and by this trys to defame the Bible. This is to me is an odd thing to do since the Bible tells what happened to Adam when he dead was to return to the dust. Exactly being nothing like before he was formed. This account in the Bible is to show what will happen to those who do not want to live in the world created by the God of the Bible. So I am wondering why try to defame the Bible because of the traditions of mankind? The commentator also voiced concern about the possibility of an all powerful God who could not retrieve someone from hell.(which there is not a burning one anyhow) Well, that is just not the case God can retrieve the dead from the grave (which is the real meaning of the word sheol). I suppose that you would not take the accounts in the Bible as proof. But you might be surprised how the accounts of resurrections in the Bible tell something that is somewhat different then what many Christians think they teach.
until another time, Lynna
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