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The Gospel of John contains passages like 8:44, where Jesus, addressing the Jewish, tells them that "You are of your father, the devil." This has been used throughout history to justify antisemitism and antisemitic acts. I'm curious about your perspective on this. Is there a
Question (edited for space, clarity): If the word commonly translated “eternal/forever” for hell only means a limited age or long-lasting, but Jesus uses the same word (aionios) to describe not only Hell but Heaven’s eternal life (John 3:16), is the life Jesus promises only temporary? The same
Question: Your answer presupposes that hell is theologically claimed to last forever only because of one mistranslated word, but that is not the case. Hell is also described by Jesus as other words that point us towards forever, such as “unquenchable” (Mark 9:33-34) or “without ceasing” (see Rev 14:
We don't know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. It slid into the New Testament canon because it got categorized as a letter of Paul (though there were plenty of doubters of that as well). But the use of Greek, style, and literary composition is quite different.
There's No Such Thing As Eternal Hell Folks who support the idea that hell will be "eternal conscious torment" will use passages like Matthew 25:46 (NIV)— "[The unrighteous] will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." You can go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoH8beJR_U In Hebrews 6, the anonymous author writes: "For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted
Staying On Top of Things "Being informed" has never been so accessible. Yet, what it means to "be informed" has never been so complicated. There's "staying on top of things," and there's "understanding things." Books, long-form journalism, documentaries,
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