So, why do JWs believe that hell is not what the Jesus, the apostles and the hearers of the apostles (church fathers) taught it was?
Did someone answer and I missed it? Just asking…🤔
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128Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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Sea Breeze,
you are exactly right. When going rogue anything goes. That’s why there are 40,099-50,000 different types of Christianities. People read the Bible and totally reject the historical legitimate reasons for its use and development. As if they know better than the earliest Christians. I guess that’s what you say when you realize that you’re not actually a restoration movement, but rather a new semi faith.
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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Your position VH just does not make sense. How could God destroy his creation of humanity but he not destroy his creation of fallen angels? It just doesn’t ring true does it?
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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David says in the 23rd psalm that he will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. That indicates that the soul is immortal. Jesus told the good thief on the cross “today you’ll be with me in paradise “that indicates to me that the soul is immortal.
The rich man and Lazarus are proof that the Lord punishes those who reject his ways of loving him and loving neighbors as ourselves.
I see no evidence that supports. He will just let us die and be the end of it. None..
You have shown me no proof to support that the soul is not immortal other than that’s what you want to believe.
You do see that don’t you?
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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VH,
Lazarus and the rich man IS proof.
The rich man is BEING tormented. There’s no supporting texts saying that it’s going to end. That’s proof enough to me. He’s burning and NOT dying.
where’s yours supporting your beliefs?
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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TTWSYF
This thread is on hell and not the Pharisees.
from the beginning of historical Christianity, it has been taught that the soul is immortal and can suffer tournaments in hell.
Your position is a new one and I’m asking you to produce your reasons why you think the soul is not immortal.
Lazarus and the rich man is a real and tangible example of how a soul being tormented in the fires of the afterlife was not consumed and destroyed but most definitely goes on suffering. There’s no mention of his sufferings ending is there?
so again, could you please give me reasons why you think the soul would cease to exist. I’m looking for a reason why you think God would destroy his own creation which he made in his own likeness and image.
Do you have anything other than asking for more proof?
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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What you believe does matter. That’s why we’re conversing on hell.
Yes, VH, when I read about Lazarus and the rich man. I must say, that I take that quite literally. I put that with the rest of the evidence of an afterlife, and I don’t see how you could not take it literally.
So you don’t have anything that really supports your position, is that right? Just don’t want it to be true?
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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VH,
if I have your argument right, you think that after we die and are NOT written in the book of life, we would be sentenced to hell to die another death and then be destroyed in the fires of hell and that's it, End of story.
If that's your opinion, could you explain the details of why you think that?
We are made in God's image. Is that something that God would destroy?
I mean, he hasn't destroyed the fallen angels, shit, even the worms don't die in the unquenchable fire, what makes you think that human souls would? Just because it doesn't specifically say that souls endure the flames forever?
I think it's implied when looking at the whole of the scriptures and all of the tradition. {Before you go on about 'the traditions of men' you should acknowledge that the traditions of men are how we have the bible}.
When I read of Lazaras and the rich man being tormented and asking Abraham for a drop of water, I know that the rich man didn't just die. He wanted to be able to warn his family NOT to come to that place.
He certainly was suffering and maybe still to this day.
What say you about that?
TTWSYF
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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- If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
- “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.I guess the word “soul” isn’t there. You’re right VH, there’s no hell to worry about in the scriptures.seriously, though, the concept of hell is unpleasant to everyone, not just JW’s.
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Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?
by Sea Breeze inlooks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.
why don't the jw's do the same?.
from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).
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That above and a boatload of OT references from
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