DAVEH: Thanx for the explanation. I still don't quite understand
why/how you would think punitive torture equates (or perhaps equates to
justice) to love of the rest of society though.....unless you are
figuring retribution into the equation.
David Miller wrote:
The love being expressed is not toward the one being damned, but
toward the rest of society. It is impossible to have a utopian
community of love if there is even one single wicked person living
freely in it. Just look at the world and what a mess it is in.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
What do you think the judgment of hell is all about?
DAVEH: I've heard you make that comment before, DavidM. But I'm not
sure why you think that way if you believe in the traditional
concept of hell being a place of punitive torture. Doesn't the
harshness of the pain and suffering caused by the literal lake of fire
and eternal worms believed by many Christians seem to go beyond the
punishment of love? I thought it was considered by most Christians to
be retribution, rather than reformation....which would more likely stem
from love, I would think.
From the LDS perspective of hell though, your comment would make
perfect sense.
The Lord is a man of war. What you seem to fail to
understand is that killing the wicked is a loving thing to do. What
do you think the judgment of hell is all about? It is the greatest
act of love that God could ever practice toward mankind. Some are too
selfish and wicked to recognize that, kind of like a child who thinks
that the parent who spanks his child hates his child.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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