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He wrote that “Hell” was just a place for departed souls, and does not mean
a place of torment and that what the creed says is that Jesus experienced
death as we do. If that is the case, why did Jesus warn us about going to Hell
if there is nothing to fear? I was even more bewildered.
In light of the reply to my letter, I decided to look up the words “died” and
“Hell”. Webster’s dictionary defines the word “died” as “the end of life, to
pass out of existence”, whereas in Webster’s larger dictionary it is defined,
“in theology, separation or alienation of the soul from God; a being under
the domination of sin, and destitute of grace or divine life.”
As for the word “Hell”, the dictionary read, “the realm of the devil in which
the damned suffer everlasting punishment, or a place, or state of torment.”
By the way I still have the letter.
I was now twenty-two years old and went to a conference in London, and
during my spare time, I took the opportunity to go to music record shops, as
classical music was a great passion of mine, and in particular the music of
a place of torment and that what the creed says is that Jesus experienced
death as we do. If that is the case, why did Jesus warn us about going to Hell
if there is nothing to fear? I was even more bewildered.
In light of the reply to my letter, I decided to look up the words “died” and
“Hell”. Webster’s dictionary defines the word “died” as “the end of life, to
pass out of existence”, whereas in Webster’s larger dictionary it is defined,
“in theology, separation or alienation of the soul from God; a being under
the domination of sin, and destitute of grace or divine life.”
As for the word “Hell”, the dictionary read, “the realm of the devil in which
the damned suffer everlasting punishment, or a place, or state of torment.”
By the way I still have the letter.
I was now twenty-two years old and went to a conference in London, and
during my spare time, I took the opportunity to go to music record shops, as
classical music was a great passion of mine, and in particular the music of