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PS, here's yr excercise for today, to prove that Hell actually exists, can anybody find me a passage in the Bible that actually mentions Hell? good luck!
Here you go:
Psalms 9:17: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Eze 32:27: And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war.
(I guess I'm going to hell since I'm an uncircumsized heathen)
Mt 5:29 (Jesus speaking) And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. (Gross!)
Mt 10:28 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.
Revelation 20:13-15 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment
Lu 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Mt 13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
"Hell" in English comes from the Hebrew word
sheol, which translated means "grave."
Hell as a place of fire and sorrow is really introduced in the New Testament, the Old Testament "hell" simply meant one's grave and didn't particurally signify an afterlife.
Of course I agree with Albert Einstein that there is no evidence of an afterlife as I don't see how one's mind could be separated from one's body. So don't worry about it, just focus on today and be happy about being alive
PS Zombie yer a dope Open Source isn't pathetic (mostly, heeh)
[ May 23, 2002: Message edited by: Garden GNOME ]