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Hi Caroline,
This image of hell may be true for you but I don't get
hell images from any of those places - However, I do believe what Jesus had
to say about it ie: weeping and gnashing of
teeth and I don't believe purgatory to be a scriptural concept. How is it
that you, as a professing believer, can be so dismissive about this
and why would you believe Judaism to have no concept of hell at
all? Can you tell me what reason they would have to believe that the
generation who perished in the wilderness went to Paradise - or that the men who
died fornicating with the Moabite women went to Paradise? Why did God
praise Phineas for his zeal in spearing that couple and why are these things
written as an example to us?
An allegory uses symbolism to express truth.
Jesus does this in his parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. That man
wanted to go and warn his brothers not to come to that place and he felt like he
was burning up. I really don't believe we worship the same God
Caroline because He doesn't change and if not for Moses' intercession He would
have killed all of Israel over the golden calf incident. Your
allegory does not express this kind of truth, it puts me more in mind of the
children of Israel eating and drinking and rising up
to play .... There is a disconnect somewhere. Grace and Peace,
jt
We get most of our hell
images from artists and poets and cinematographers who came along way
after Jesus' time. When Jesus was preaching, he said Gehenna and that there
would be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The real question is whether God and
the Jewish people had in mind a place of eternal damnation and eternal
conscious torture. There is a reason why God spent so much time and effort to
carve out a nation of chosen people. Is it true that
Judaism is the only major world religion without the concept of hell?
Is this the culture/religion/people, the context, where God's Good News come
from?
But to answer your question, the answer is no.
Consider it an allegory :-)
Love,
Caroline
Caroline,
Is that what your blog piece on hell is - satire?
judyt
We could divide everyone into The Reverend
and The Reverent and start another conversation here!
Peace to you,
The Reverent Caroline
Caroline Wong wrote:
Here's a quote from the FAQ of The Brick
Testament re. whether The Reverend Brendan Powell Smith is
ordained.
Most ministers, priests, or other religious clerics
would not actually use "The Reverend" before their own names,
for to do so would be presumptuous and rather vain. The Rev. Brendan
Powell Smith is not an ordained member of any earthly church, and is
widely regarded as being both highly presumptuous and extremely
vain.
The man knows satire! It's an interesting take on the bible. I like
the fact he puts warning labels on his scenes. One almost forget the
amount of nudity, sexual content, violence and cursing there is.
Love,
Caroline ===================================================================
Since
reverend is a self imposed title, the only reasons to adopt such a
title would be pride or vanity. There are millions of examples,
including the reverend Jesse and the reverend Al. It is a bogus
title that anyone can use.
Reverend Terry
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