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Eternal damnation/torture does not exist. The concept was introduced as a test.
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[quote:Gabriel~:MV80NzE5MDE3Xzg1OTMzMDMyX0ZBNDREMjJE] [quote:Wayfaring Stranger:MV80NzE5MDE3Xzg1OTMyODQ0X0VBQzlENzAy] That is 'torment' rather than 'torture'. The ones sent to hell are the only witnesses to what the fallen angels do on their last day of life before they are sent to the fiery lake. Say you die yet you remain awake in a big crowd of other new immortals. Just how sad are you going to be compared to the ones destined for the lake? (it's a matter of perspective, we can't keep playing the victim forever) [/quote] There is no lake of fire. God is fully capable of fixing even the most hateful and faithless people with divine love, so why would He condemn them when He is perfectly capable of simply fixing them and granting them eternal life too? Everyone wins in that situation. I’m not saying that God will respect or trust such people anywhere near as much as He respects His angels and Christ’s true servants, but they will still be saved. Gods love is so perfect and ecstatic that literally nobody could ever resist it. It is just too good. He designed our Hearts and Souls, so He knows exactly how to make ANY Heart, no matter how fallen, see the light again. And once they see the truth off the light, they will immediately love Him and others because their pain will be healed. [/quote]
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Nobody is eternally damned to everlasting agony or misery, because the true Father is infinitely more loving and forgiving and good than most people assume He is. He wouldn’t even annihilate any of His creations, let alone torture them, because He is just that nice.
The entire idea of eternal damnation was created by God, and administered by demons(Yahweh, a false god who does God’s will by testing us) as a test to determine which people would be cowardly enough to support eternal torture of billions of their fellow humans just to save their own ass, and which people are so hateful and wicked that they genuinely believe that eternal torture is an acceptable punishment for temporary sins on earth. It isn’t an acceptable punishment.
The correct spiritual response is to reject the notion of eternal damnation while still having faith in Christ. Faith is more than knowing He is real; true faith means you know He is absolutely good and forgiving, and eternal damnation is neither good nor forgiving. It is an evil lie.
If you genuinely support the concept of eternal torture, you’re in for a rude awakening. God will still forgive you, but you’ll feel very shameful for your beliefs.... which everyone in Heaven will have access to forever.
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