spore vs jesus
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miko: The Bible teaches that hell is within each of us. It wells up within each person and grows like a fungus. When Jesus told the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus it is noteworthy that the rich man did not ask to leave the place, just that his tongue would be cooled. It is also noteworthy that he continued to order people around. Most interesting is probably that the rich man was religious. He knew the law and it governed his life. But his deepest need of forgiveness from his sin had never been dealt with. He had never laid his burdens at the cross. He never received freely what Jesus did for him on the cross. In a sense it is self-made, Hell is. It is the logical extreme of our individual narcissism. Jesus used a few metaphors for hell: flames of gehenna (a trash dump outside of jerusalem) and the "outter darkness". He communicated that it is a place where we are consumed by that which we choose over him. Like a consuming unrelenting fire. It should be kept in mind though that Christ experienced hell for us, on the cross. When he was separated from the Father. He did this so we don't have to. We can receive the gift of new life in Christ freely because of the cross. He paid it all there. That is why he said "It is finished". He satisfied the Father's perfect justice by living a sinless life in exchange for our sinful lives and taking the penalty we deserve.
So when a person goes it hell it is of their own choosing. God in effect says, "thy will be done".
- what does some fictional figure from 2008 years ago has to do with 2008 years later? There are photoshop to govern shit now.erikjonsson
- Luke 16:19-31 - that's the reference i was making about rich man and lazarus.teleos