Re: Biblical discussion

From: Diogenes (diogenes_at_sinope.gr)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:22:20 GMT

Circuit Breaker wrote:
> Every now and then I like to skim the drivel out of pure boredom.
> Sometimes it contains stuff that catches my attention, as this article
> did.
>
> I apologize for the continued crosspost, as I do not know which groups
> Daniel and Steve call home, but here's what I'm responding to:
>
> Daniel Rudy wrote:
>
>> Steve C [wrote]:
>>
>>> Um...You have to NOT believe in Jesus and not repent of your sins in
>>> order to burn in the Lake of Fire.
>>>
>>>
>> That is what I said.
>
> Yeah, kind of an odd quote delimiter, I agree.
>
>>> __________________________
>
> is what gave it away.
>
>>> I think also Daniel "The Soul" would have to be immortal in order to
>>> burn in the lake of fire. Which it aint!
>>> Check your King James - Ezekiel 18:4 and Ecclesiastes 9:5,10
>>>
>>>
>> Now that's interesting. So, you just get blotted out like you never
>> existed?
>
> Ezekiel 18:4 excerpt: "The soul that sinneth, it shall die."
>
> I think maybe this means it will die in the eyes of God, for I've read
> elsewhere about burning for eternity in the lake of fire. Then again,
> maybe eternity was the figurative, as thousands of years may seem
> like an eternity. Who knows, I'm no Bible scholar.
>
> In Ecc. 9:5 (read it yourself, too much to copy verbatim), I gather
> that he that is dead is dead and therefore would have no reason to
> have any more reward anyway, unless "dead" does /not/ necessarily
> mean "no longer existant". In other words, dead figuratively if not
> exactly. But Ecc. 9:10 seems to speak of the body dying, but speaks
> nothing of the soul thereof.
>
> The index in my Bible states the soul possesses immortality in Matthew
> 10:28. In red letter, it says "And fear not them which kill the body,
> but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able
> to destroy both soul and body in hell." Right before the two
> sparrows for a farthing bit.
>
> So, even there, the soul isn't said to be completely immortal. Of
> course, it makes sense anyway: If God truly is omnipotent, he can
> create and destroy whatever he desires. So really, nothing is
> immortal.
>
> I guess it depends on your definition.
>
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