Thursday 5 June 2008

Preaching hell for the comfort of angry people

For those who don't want to read the whole post, here's the executive summary:

To sum up: the idea that God will judge people and cast them into eternal destruction—hell—for all eternity is a great comfort to anyone who is angry about injustice. Those of us who teach the gospel or tell it to others have a wonderfully comforting message of damnation that will bring hope to all who put their trust in God. The more we speak of it, the more comfort we offer.


I hope you will go over and have a look, though, and add a comment if you feel so moved. I actually wrote it as a tangent from a discussion about praying to dead people, which you can also find if you click through on the link and read carefully enough.

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