Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jpaakkari@hylka.helsinki.fi Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: complete death (Was demons and such) Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 08:22:15 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >To my not very certain knowledge, there is no scriptural authority for >Hell of fire and brimstone, devils with pointy tails and pitchforks, etc. >"The wages of sin are death." Therefore, the unredeemed die completely ============================= >and finally, while the saved have perpetual spiritual life. ============= So , if I sin and will not get redeemed, I (physical and spiritual) will totally cease to exist - not feeling anything anymore? For me this is quite difficult to believe in since in such case I would just go ahead and sin as much as possible, because at the end I will die and have no more feelings or I just plainly would not exist anymore. I mean , what would be more simple - no pain , sorrow , hurt feelings , etc. JPJP --------------- JPAAKKARI@FINUH [Is the only thing preventing you from sin a fear of punishment? Whatever your views of judgement, I'd hope the Christian faith had some positive motivations as well... --clh]