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Eternal damnation/torture does not exist. The concept was introduced as a test.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 77978857:MV80NzE5MDE3Xzg1OTMzOTg4X0Y2QjREOTc3] You're on the right track in your thinking Gabriel, but there's still a trace of damnation programming in you that you need to let go of. Here you say some people will be eternally ashamed and shamed in Heaven - which would be just another kind of eternal damnation: [quote:Gabriel~:MV80NzE5MDE3XzVERkZGNjMx] If you genuinely support the concept of eternal torture, you’re in for a rude awakening. God will still forgive you, [b]but you’ll feel very shameful for your beliefs.... which everyone in Heaven will have access to forever.[/b] [/quote] And here you say some people will be eternal second class citizens in heaven - which would be just another kind of eternal damnation: [quote:Gabriel~:MV80NzE5MDE3Xzg1OTMzMDMyX0ZBNDREMjJE] 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. [/quote] The truth is that no-one is greater than anyone else in God's Kingdom. If you qualify to enter all imperfections will be washed away. Even the memory of ever having had them will be washed away. Some people will earn entry with a wide margin, and some will just barely make it. But once they get accepted, they all reap the exact same reward. This is what the parable about the wineyard workers is all about (Matthew 20:1-16). All "workers" got the exact same reward, even though some "workers" showed up in the last minute and did little "work". Read Matthew 20:1-16 and realize your vain hope that "good" people such as yourself will be rewarded more than "less good" people is soundly rebuked by Jesus. There are no second class citizens in God's Kingdom. [/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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