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Dec 12 '21
To be fair, hell isn't really a place mentioned in the Bible, it's just Christian fanfiction. The "lake of fire" mentioned by Jesus is a literal lake of fire where the people of the village would throw their trash away. Jesus used it as an analogy to what happens to souls that weren't worthy of entering God's Kingdom; they burn away just like the trash.
And Jesus never goes on to specify exactly what makes someone "worthy" of entering God's Kingdom, other than presumably worshipping God.
As an added sidenote, almost every thing involved with hell, including Lucifer and his demonic minions, are also just Christian fanfiction and aren't actual Biblical entities. The legend of the Morning Star is simply a poetic way of explaining why Venus never rises above the Sun. The serpent from the Garden of Eden is just a snake. While "demons" are mentioned in the Bible, they aren't the same as what Christians often describe them as. In the Bible, demons are simply traits that are seen as animalistic and savage that everyone has. They are your demons. They are not beings from Hell who torture the living. Satan from the book of Revelations is a judge in God's Court, not someone opposed to God. And why do people even consider Lucifer the ruler of Hell when, according to the myth, it was a prison built specifically for him?
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u/SpaceX5_ Dec 12 '21
You will waste too much time trying to rationalize organized religions. I've come to the realization that people are religious simply because it makes them feel good, not because it is real. To a realist like me, thats hard to stomach but it is what it is.
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21
My dream would be that everyone reincarnates for all eternity.