Timeline for What is the biblical basis for the eternal existence of the lost in hell?
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| Jul 29, 2021 at 15:09 | comment | added | Matthew | (...Con't) However, you do bring up a good point about Christ not suffering annihilation... and you yourself provided the answer; annihilation isn't a punishment but a mercy. Unbelievers will undergo a horrible punishment, but while it is everlasting in the sense of there being no reprieve, it is not endured for eternity. Nor did Christ endure hell for eternity. Arguing that Christ's suffering must not be less than that to which unbelievers stand condemned might be an argument for annihilationism! | |
| Jul 29, 2021 at 15:02 | comment | added | Matthew | I'm not sure I agree that dying (ceasing to exist) isn't a punishment, especially when compared to the alternative. Besides, the way I understand annihilationism is that souls will be shut out of heaven knowing exactly what they're missing, subject to despair and self-hatred until they slowly fade away into nothing (which sounds pretty horrible!). That is, they will die. If the second death has no power over believers, that implies it does have power over unbelievers. (Con't...) | |
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| Jul 29, 2021 at 13:38 | history | answered | ChrisW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |