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Karen and I were driving on US11 west of Knoxville today. I noticed a lady pull up to a church sign at the Church of Niota, and thought the sign read “THERE ARE NO ATHEISTS IN HELL”. Seemed an odd thing to put on a church sign. We turned around to verify that’s what I had seen, but by the time...

Not sure what denomination or set of denominations this is, but I've spoken to Christians who believe that those who are completely ignorant of the bible and god will NOT go to hell, whereas anyone else will if they aren't "saved" through Jesus. What I'm wondering is IF there are any of those...

(Copied from an exchange I'm having at atheistforums.com.) So, believers, do think this is the case, that there is an alternative reality built just for you?

People in here who are confused about hell, I think this makes it clear and it is what I have been saying about it. So when Jesus said this generation shall not pass till you see me coming in the clouds is what is being reported by NDEs. In Matthew it says: 34Verily I say unto you, This...

Right before any of us atheists die, god stops time for us. One unit of Planck time just shy of us dying. In this period, god completely addresses our arguments. QED. We have no response and god proves any possible argument against his existence or qualities to our full understanding. We...

Christ ministers to the dead; hence, no hellfire for anyone There is a passage somewhere* in the Big Book of Judeo-Christian Mythology (IE The Bible) which asserts that Jesus ministered to the spirits of the dead. In that event "He" essentially converted dead souls to Christianity, saved them...

He's a transcript of a documentary about people with NDE's. http://spiritlessons.com/Documents/Rawlings/Dr_Rawlings_Near_Death_Experiences.htm TL;DR These atheists didn't believe in, or even know about hell, and then they died, went to hell and came back!

The reason why the torment of the grave is hidden from man Islam Q & A Long answer, but here are some excepts: Islam is not the only widespread religion that believes in "the torment of the grave". Would a Christian pastor give such a straightforward answer to the same question (modulo the...

I have been invited by my friend to a group on facebook called 'so apparently I'm going to hell' which has a list of reasons ,stated by Mr. Micah Armstrong originally of the Assembly of God Church in Miami, of why you can go to hell they include: Pot Smoking Cigarette Smoking Alcohol Drinking...

Looks like a wannabe prophet to me. XDQNx90l1-A Makes for an entertaining case study.

Many traditional Christians view Hell as an eternal punnishment for those who are wicked and fall short of Heaven. There is a view where Hell is only temporary, a punishment before eternal death. To cease to exist after punishment. Your thoughts? Link...

So, you know the famous joke where St Peter tells a bunch of new arrivals to heaven to be very quiet when they're walking past some very high walls. 'Why?' asks one of the new recruits. 'Well,' Pete says, 'that's where the Catholics live. They think they're the only ones in here.' I wouldn't...

Apparently these seven youths claim God sent them to Hell and that while in Hell they saw John Lennon being tortured among other things all of which can be read here and here. I find this very curious; not just that they saw John Lennon who seems to be a favorite target of Theists, but that God...

It appears a New Zealand man sold his soul to Hell Pizza. See the story here. It seems the soul-selling was to be in jest, but some people complained, and the online auction was removed.

I haven't posted in R&P in a while, just thought I should stir the pot a little. The concept of eternal torment makes no sense, since there is nothing to be gained from it unless you're a dyed in the wool torturer. Let's take a look at the reasons for punishments and rewards as it applies to...

I just spent an afternoon making a sheet to take PayPal data and filter for actual balance-effecting payments and break down my item number. The good news it that it works great, the bad news is that its completely and utterly counterintuitive. Anybody else ever serve a turn in that hell?

Thought you'd all like this. An article on the front page on my local free paper, the Stafford Post, entitled "Use your new bin or commit a sin": http://www.cryptpad.com/recycle.jpg "Local environmentalists have backed the Vatican after it confirmed 'polluting the environment' would result in...

I am terribly sorry for this use of coarse language but now I am on the verge of going on a killing spree with a 16-barreled shotgun to maim and torture every person out there who has ever claimed to be able to speak to animals. To clarify things, my girlfriend is very naive (but turning 22...

Can someone please offer a reasonable explanation as to why not accepting Jesus Christ as my savior will doom me to an eternity in Hell? Even if I live what the Bible would say is a proper life --- for the most part? What is it that makes this particular belief so critical? (And please, no...

Have a look at this little gem and give thanks to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that you don't take it seriously... http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e10543891fd2e7277d15 :jaw-dropp :jaw-dropp :mad:

Found this on an apologetics FAQ: http://www.carm.org/questions/sincere.htm Look that over. Then this one: http://www.carm.org/questions/only_way.htm So let me get this straight. Only those who know Jesus Christ can go to Heaven. Everyone else is destined to eternal torture, because eternal...

My Aunt married a man who fathered a daughter. He sexually molested her from younger than five to just before she graduated from High school. She never told anyone what he did until she was deathly ill with cancer. She died but before she did she told the whole sordid tale. This made me hate...

Traditional Doctrine of Hell Has Greek Roots by: Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology)* Although I am a conservative Christian (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches or supports the traditional view of hell with its doctrine of eternal torment or suffering. The Bible does...

Does Hell appear in the Old Testament? How much support for Hell is there in the Bible? The only clear and obvious references I know of are in Revelations, and the story of Lazarus and the Rich Man, where the Rich Man is suffering in Hell and looks up to Lazarus in the bosom of Abraham. I...

I love this: "Kid can't go to Catholic school because his name is Hell" theage.com.au/news/national/church-says-no-to-hell/2007/07/09/1183833410199.html Best of all is that his name comes about because his grand(etc)father was from Austria, where they speak German, and the latin letters...

This video what might happen when an honest evangelist actually uses his brain. My favorite line: "The more he studied, the more he saw the bible not as the literal word of God, but a book by men about God--primitive men, prone to mistranslations, political agendas and human emotions." This is...

"Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal" Sounds like someone slipped the Pope a copy of that Russian deep-drilling-to-Hell tape...

As an atheist who debates theists frequently, I often am warned that my immortal soul is in grave jeopardy. A range of religious individuals—not just Christians—have told me that disbelief in God will result in severe punishment after death. When Christians, in particular, are involved, it is...

This artist is just lookin' to p!$$ the faithful off...

Learn something new every day I never knew some women had two wombs. And really with the odd of 25 million to 1, you woul think that it would have happened at least twice in america, and god knows how many times in india and china