Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: demons and such (hell) Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 90 07:12:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Adding to Henry Troup's comments about hell >Gehenna is the garbage incinerator for Jerusalem. As Jews do not permit >cremation, the threat of Gehenna was a horrible one - but not eternal >torment. Right on. The text "It is better to enter into life maimed than to be cast into hell (Gehenna) where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched." is one of the major texts used to support a currently and constantly burning hell. But the word "worm" really does mean worm. Anyone who was cast into the Jewish Gehenna was already dead. It's the worms which were in the garbage pile which never died out. But Troup ignores Revelation 20 where "the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone...and whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." If this event is to occur after the millenium (which most people at least agree is not over yet, even if they disagree on when it may have started or will start) this clearly points to a hell which is yet to come. It also points to a hell which will kill--not sustain folks alive indefinitely.