I will say that I have continued to watch videos produced in the aftermath of Kirk Cameron's switch from the "hell is eternal conscious torment" camp to the "conditional immortality" camp and it's driving me crazy. (Those videos might well be the reason my brain isn't working tonight.)
There are a lot of self-styled, self-proclaimed Bible "teachers" on YouTube. Most come across way more confident in their interpretations and reasoning skills than they have a right to be.
One of the things that bugs me the most is that in the midst of all the abstract argumentation, nobody ever seems to consider how, in reality, the presumed eternal torment would absolutely destroy the human psyche.
Assuming the there is truly fire burning the skin and maggots eating the flesh 24 hours a day, would there be a single occupant of hell whose mind wouldn't turn to jelly by the end of the first month?
Seriously.
Most people in the here and now would not be able to endure a month of solitary confinement in a prison cell - even without the flames and worms.
And yet, some of these teachers have the audacity to suggest that the torment will be eternal because those in hell will continue to sin and so will always warrant further wrath.
You might ask, "What sin will they be committing exactly?" And, recognizing it's not likely these folks are lusting or coveting or stealing anything, these teachers say, "They will be angry with God".
You think?
Seems pretty likely.
But only for a short time.
I'm guessing by the end of the first year of eternity at the latest, the vast majority of those in hell will experience a complete psychic break and go catatonic. The rest of eternity hell should be pretty quiet.
Am I wrong?
What a crazy discussion!
These teachers of ECT insist that hell will entail real torment but they have no realistic concept of what genuine torture does to people.
You've got to think through the logical entailments of your beliefs - especially if you take it upon yourself to teach others.
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