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Heaven for Atheists? Better Read the Fine Print

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸5/26/2013 1:41:29 am PDT

re: #56 Usually refered to as anyways

Hell to a lot of Christians is the “external separation from G_d.

Which can be referenced here:

2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 25:41
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

the rabbis speculate that good people after death might be privileged to be closer to god, in some vague way. that’s probably where the writer of thessalinians gets his idea. but you can see from these quotes that even in the new testament there are only vague references that christians must interpret and amplify in order to imagine that they refer to the fire and brimstone place of eternal torment for all who do not accept christ as lord

i mean, you can see with your own eyes that what you have quoted says no such thing