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For those who are serious, Jesus shows us that sinners would be cast into Gehenna. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:1 44 Where their worm dieth not...

I thought it was pretty clear that I denied it. Gehenna will not burn forever. Jeremiah prophesied of a time when Gehenna would one day be made holy to the Lord. 38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the...

I've already given proof. They died. Dead people can't speak. You claim it's literal but haven't proven it. It's the last in a series of Parables. It begins the same way as the parable for it, "there was certain rich man" the parable before that starts 'there was a certain man'. There seems to...

As I've shown, it is a metaphor. It's a figure of speech.

Ok, so, you have not physical evidence. That means the only evidence you have is "your" understanding of a few passages of Scripture. That means if your understanding of those passages is wrong then you have absolutely no evidence whatsoever to support your claim. You claim that the dead can...

Sorry, you don't get to make up your own definitions. Death means the cessation of life. Here is Webster's definition. a permanent cessation of all vital (see VITAL sense 2a) functions : the end of life No one is alive but dead in a literal sense. That is only possible figuratively, such a...

No it's not. I asked you earlier and you didn't answer. Have you ever seen dead people conversing?

I believe that the breath or spirit is not man but rather is something of God Himself. This breath or spirit returns to God. I don't see anything in Scripture about a human spirit. From what I see in Genesis man is literally dust that is animated by the breath or spirit (same word) of God. This...

This is a parable, and it's not about life after death. It's judgment against the leadership of Israel. Remember the parable of the vine dressers? In that parable Jesus described the Jewish leadership and they perceived that He spoke of them. This parable is the same. Take note of the details...

It's not a Biblical doctrine. It's an assumed doctrine. The other passage you posted and this one say nothing about a spiritual death. You're simply imposing that on the text. Like this passage, I suppose your argument is that since Adam didn't die in that 24 hour period it must mean that he...

Yes, they cease to exist until the Resurrection. It's pretty clear in Scripture if we just let the Scriptures speak. Gen 2:7 tells us what a man is. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.1 (Gen...

no, Christian who does serious study of the Scriptures, but that's irrelevant to the discussion.

You're assuming that spiritual death is a thing without proving it. It's a metaphor, a figure of speech. Paul uses this metaphor a lot. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the...

I didn't say the doctrine was derived from the word aion. I said it came from Greek philosophy. However, when one believes that the wicked will burn forever, and they see the word aion tied to this burning they define aion as forever. According to Jesus the aion will end, thus it cannot mean...

This is Gehenna. If you go to the old testament and read the passage that Jesus is quoting you'll see that it is on the earth and it is corpses, dead bodies, that are burning, not living souls or spirits. 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me...

That doesn't say anything about spiritual death. It's metaphor. Paul uses death as a metaphor quite often.

Yes, it is real. I'm not sure what your point is.

Actually, we do know. Everything we have indicates it. There is nothing in all of the writings that allows for the use of violence.

Up to 300 AD. From the time of Jesus and the apostles to about 325 AD, the church taught that the use of violence for any reason was forbidden.

They weren't interpreting what they read, as we are. They were living what they were taught by Jesus and the apostles. It's akin to reading a history of the American Revolution written by an author today and reading the account from the writings of George Washington himself. He was there. He...