UBBY said:
Doc Holliday said:
I don't think Hell is fire and punishment.
I think it's complete removal from existence. If you don't bow and kiss gods feet and do whatever he desires...you're not worthy of existence. You simply cannot be allowed to exist in any format ever.
I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not. If not then is this just your interpretation of what hell is like? I don't think this is what the bible says.
Malachi 4:1-5 says that on the day of the Lord,
"'All the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,' Says the Lord of hosts, 'That will leave them neither root nor branch'...You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet."Psalms 37:10, 20 also states that the wicked will be no more, they will be carefully looked for but not found. Verse 20 adds that the enemies of the Lord will die and
vanish away into smoke. All that is left of the wicked is smoke and ashes,
there will not be any part of them left to be tortured forever.In Romans 6:23, the Bible says that the wages of sin is death. The Bible does not say that the wages of sin is eternal punishment. Also take a look at John 3:16 which says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." This verse talks about two options. One option is to perish, which means to disappear or be destroyed: to cease to exist. The other option is everlasting life. Neither of these two verses talk about everlasting torment.
I interpret this as removal from existence. Like as in you will no longer have a soul.