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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Nah. "Diabolos" is not a deity. I believe from my lesson, a wannabe.
Somewhat like Mugabe, one suspects.
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Correct, but you weren’t asking about the devil, you were inching towards a discussion about what qualifies any particular person for hell (or, eternal separation from the presence of God, which is slightly less specific but more in tune with Christian theology at least). As is fairly typical of such a discussion when held outside of a theology seminar, it immediately veers to extremes (Hitler, Stalin, and, yes, Mugabe) and focuses on the scale of the bad deeds done by such individuals. This, however, is to completely misunderstand the Christian theological position on issues including Divine grace, love, justice and final judgment.
As I said, we’re heading into territory we used to cover frequently on this forum but haven’t for some time. I’m up for it (as I’m a third year theology student now, so I ought to be) but we could get far, far off topic very quickly.
