I read the article by: Jeremy Moritz
The only thing I can say, is this guy is either severally confused or is nothing more than a "Humanist". A philosopher of humanistic thinking. He should be told the following: Isa_55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
He has no concept of what eternal life is because he does not understand those passages that are "Positional" versus those that are "Conditional".
He quotes from Revelation: "And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name" (Rev. 14:11). Then gives a ludicrous explanation from a so-called Dr. Edward Fudge, who says the smoke that rises up, is from the annihilation of those in torment. Which he says goes on for an undisclosed period of time but certainly not forever. This proves two things. One, he doesn't understand how "smoke" is being used in Scripture and Two, he is making unbelievable leaps in interpretation without any proof.
If the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, (A phrase used often in Scripture, to mean forever or an ageless amount of time), how can one try and limit it? If those who are being tormented, are only tormented for a period of time, then where is the forever smoke coming from if everyone has been annihilated? Fire and smoke goes out when there is no more fuel. (I speak foolishly here, like a humanist.). The verse also says: "they have no rest day and night". Again, where does one see an end to this kind of continuous statement?
Perhaps, the most telling paragraph was this one:
DO WE DESERVE IT?
The church's longstanding belief in the eternal torture model of Hell has naturally prompted many to ask the logical question "Why would a just God feel the need to punish us so severely?" In other words, "What has any human being ever done that could possibly deserve such a harsh sentence? How can anyone say that there even exists such a crime as to merit this type of punishment?"
This kind of question is not entertained by true believers. They understand that their God is a Just God and He is a Sovereign God over His Creation. We can never know the heights of His Holiness. Mortal man cannot understand the depths of sin as God knows it. However, Mr. Moritz proves he doesn't understand the basic nature of sin. He proves in the above paragraph, that he does not understand the true heinousness of sin. The heavenly Father, had to put his Holy Son to death, to pay for it's heinous nature which had infected creation. It gets no more heinous than that.
So again: "What has any human being ever done that could possibly deserve such a harsh sentence? They killed the Son of the living God!!!!!!
The only thing I can say, is this guy is either severally confused or is nothing more than a "Humanist". A philosopher of humanistic thinking. He should be told the following: Isa_55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
He has no concept of what eternal life is because he does not understand those passages that are "Positional" versus those that are "Conditional".
He quotes from Revelation: "And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name" (Rev. 14:11). Then gives a ludicrous explanation from a so-called Dr. Edward Fudge, who says the smoke that rises up, is from the annihilation of those in torment. Which he says goes on for an undisclosed period of time but certainly not forever. This proves two things. One, he doesn't understand how "smoke" is being used in Scripture and Two, he is making unbelievable leaps in interpretation without any proof.
If the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, (A phrase used often in Scripture, to mean forever or an ageless amount of time), how can one try and limit it? If those who are being tormented, are only tormented for a period of time, then where is the forever smoke coming from if everyone has been annihilated? Fire and smoke goes out when there is no more fuel. (I speak foolishly here, like a humanist.). The verse also says: "they have no rest day and night". Again, where does one see an end to this kind of continuous statement?
Perhaps, the most telling paragraph was this one:
DO WE DESERVE IT?
The church's longstanding belief in the eternal torture model of Hell has naturally prompted many to ask the logical question "Why would a just God feel the need to punish us so severely?" In other words, "What has any human being ever done that could possibly deserve such a harsh sentence? How can anyone say that there even exists such a crime as to merit this type of punishment?"
This kind of question is not entertained by true believers. They understand that their God is a Just God and He is a Sovereign God over His Creation. We can never know the heights of His Holiness. Mortal man cannot understand the depths of sin as God knows it. However, Mr. Moritz proves he doesn't understand the basic nature of sin. He proves in the above paragraph, that he does not understand the true heinousness of sin. The heavenly Father, had to put his Holy Son to death, to pay for it's heinous nature which had infected creation. It gets no more heinous than that.
So again: "What has any human being ever done that could possibly deserve such a harsh sentence? They killed the Son of the living God!!!!!!
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Many believe the parable of the rich man and Lazarus is literal, despite the fact that we are told that Jesus only taught in parables, and it is placed in Scripture within a slew of other parables. Consider also that after Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God barred the way to the Tree of Life, lest they eat of it also and live forever. Yet somehow God, according to many, has reversed His position on this, and will keep alive forever after those who refuse to acknowledge Him as sovereign Lord, believing not in the shed righteous blood of Jesus Christ by grace through faith for the remission of their sins. <= This is the means that Scripture teaches by which we put on immortality. Aside from that, God alone is immortal. The soul of man is not inherently immortal. To hear some speak, God is unable or incapable of destroying that which He created, despite the plethora of verses which attest otherwise.