When I read Lewis's description of hell I had thought it sounded interesting, much more interesting than spending an eternity wearing a white robe and singing hymns all the time. It reminds me of Robert Bloch's Hell Bound Train actually: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Hell-Bound_Train
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[email protected]> wrote: > >>I had a hard enough time reading it through once. > > LOL, well I have to admit, I find it tough reading myself a great deal of the > time. > > >>Again, there may be parts that do describe him like this, but on the >>other hand, there are downright wicked descriptions of what happens >>when you don't worship him. > > Agreed, the OT is certainly full of a lot of fire and brimstone. But Hell is > the true punishment for those that do not accept him.... another doctrine > that many people have trouble understanding. C.S. Lewis explains it best for > me, that hell is basically God allowing those who desired to stay apart from > him in life, refusing to accept his love and salvation, to continue in that > state. No fire and brimstone, just an eternity (whatever that may be, it may > be a state of timelessness) of living apart from God and for one's self. > > >>Sometimes I think the bible is like modern art. One person can look >>at painting and say this is nothing but paint splotches. Another >>person can look at it and say, "I see the artist's anger and pent up >>frustration striking the canvas in waves of energy". > > LOL, nice comparison. Which I wonder is what the artist wanted? ;-) > > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
