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Originally Posted by Paul
So ... the opinion of a mythical super being ?
So how excatly do you know what that opinion is ?
Oh, and "no intention of anyone suffering for eternity" ?
Did your particular god not invent a hell then ?
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Denying the possibility of existence outside of God’s presence is another characteristic Watchtower teaching.
The Bible has a number of words which are all translated ‘hell’ in English, and while the English translation may lack nuance on occasion, the translation is more than adequate to convey the idea that in eternity, it is possible to exist either in God’s presence or banished from it. We typically describe these states as ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’.
Saying that the Bible never talks about hell is like saying Eskimos never talk about snow, just because they don’t have one catch-all word for it. However, the Bible absolutely does not talk about ceasing to exist, despite the ramblings of Charles Taze Russell, who the Watchtower Society regards as its founder . Where the Bible talks about death, it is always talking about separation, first the soul from the body and later, the ‘second death’ which is separation from God’s presence.
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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Hell is not mentioned in the bible. Hades and Gehena are but no hell
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Also Sheol and Tartarus.
What does the Watchtower Society claim these four words mean?