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Some more thoughts on Hell. It matters not if hell is a physical location. Really, I think that the fires of Hell are God Himself and is depended on how we are experiencing God. For those who are 'saved' (and I don't necessarily limit salvation in the Christian paradigm, I'd prefer the word...

Wil, Janz, I will give response to your queries momentarily, but this may answer some: Ok, where do I begin...Pull up a chair and some popcorn, this will take a while. I suppose for me, this shift has happened primarily because I cannot reconcile an eternal hell (a misnomer in itself) with...

Well, then, I'm the first in my breed.

Dude, you're preaching to the choir, man. Neither do I. In fact, what I found seems to be compatible with the concept of hell (or Hades or Gehenna) as present in other religions. And I plan to get into this momentarily. If you have viewed my past posts on the subject, you would see that I had...

No, but we do astral project and have coffee and doughnuts after our Saturday morning blood ritual/prayer meeting. AND we currently have a raffle to win a free trip to Roswell. Really, I am staying in my current church. I'm pretty much keeping it to myself, for the time being. I'm not...

One label's as good as another, I guess. Subconsciously we label each other anyway. But unpack it, I will do. Until presently, I've been a modified evangelical. I am currently a member of a fundamental, independent KJV Baptist church. But about 5 years ago, I been thinking critically about...

Whew! For a minute there I thought you were going to label me as a cultist.

Or more precisely, an Evangelical Universal Reconciliationist. Huh? What? Basically, I believe in the evangelical fundamental message of salvation, including the doctrine of hell (though not necessarily in a literalist form), only I do not believe Hell is permanent. I also believe this to...

Does this offer extend beyond the physical grave?

Evil exists because there is good. The only way TO define evil is if there is good. Evil is simply the obstruction of good. But then, we now have to define what is good. Since we are in the Belief and Spirituality forum, and not the Christian forum, we will have to start with something more...

Well, no need to comment then. Looks like you answered your own question, GTG.

I don't see the correlation. Please explain.

Hi mark! Welcome to the IO forums. Why don't you tell us a little about yourself and why you came here to this board.

I agree that we need to own up to our own actions, faults, and sins. It is rather benign to blame the devil on everything that happens when apparently man is fully capable of committing evil just as well. I get annoyed when TV preachers try and cast the nicotine spirits out of someone, or attach...

Salvation is only the beginning to a new life in Christ. To live like Christ. It's less about being a sinner and more about being a child of God. We sohouldn't treat salvation as some kind of fire insurance.

Forgive me for being so forward. I was just curious with where you stood in terms of God. You having admitted being a Christian before, you evidently had a difficult experience resulting in the perception that Christians should grovel in complete unworthiness before God. Initially, perhaps...

And what wrong reasons might that be?

So you and the Big Man are like this (crossed fingers)? Groveling servant? No, but the title 'son' carries with it a certain amount of responsibility, particularly when one is an heir. Learning to become an heir takes time and there are growing pains. You're not your brother's keeper, eh...

We are ignorant about the future, and yes, we do fear death. Because when one gets right down to it, what happens after death is a mystery, unknown but to those who've gone on, and even then they might not ever know if death is all there is. On the otherhand, one might disregard death with...

Depends on how one views the approachability of God. If you view God as absolute Holiness and Purity, then the sinfulness of Man results in a conflict. Ancient Israel required a High Priest who had to endure a series of careful cleansings and purification in order to enter the Holy of Holies...