by Order Of Melchizedek | Mar 13, 2003 | Uncategorized |
“Go to hell” is a phrase used normally when someone is very angry and don’t want to see that person again. It is also used by Christians when the target of their evangelism rejects their presentation of a Loving Being called God, our Creator (Father). However, He seems to be a psychopath with a split personality and can easily become a sadist or terrorist, torturing you with literal fire forever and ever for just one little mistake (sin). I have heard this word “Hell” since I was a child and read it in the Bible. Due to my strict Baptist upbringing and deep respect for my elders, I would not even use this word in front of adults. Instead, I would say “the place down there,” or “where the devil lives.” Actually, I was well into my late teen years before I remember using this word even in a religious discussion in front of my family. Something about this place called “Hell” seemed to strike fear in my heart. As a child, whenever I had misbehaved and my explanation was not believable, my grandmother would remind me that “all liars will go to Hell.” On several occasions, my explanation did change immediately, because I did not want to die and go to Hell. In the South among some of the Baptist Churches, it was a yearly routine to have revival meetings. All the sinners (those that had not been baptized) had to sit on the front row to hear a message of fire and brimstone night after night, coupled with John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world,...
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