Then tell me where this imaginary "Jesus" got his ideas about Hell? I can absolutely assure you that his story of the rich man (In Luke) is taken from pagan sources. The early and even later Jews had no coherent ideas about the afterlife or hell at all, what they had was borrowed & written in later.
Bring on the scholars, they have no rebuttals here, so you'r claim this is false is untrue.
All these stories of the resurrection, afterlife & hell are all taken from other pagan sources without question, later this idea of punishment in the afterlife is easily seen evolving in scope to be used by the Church for intimidation & control. This is so elementary, so supported by historical facts, you had better go start a fundmentalist thread, on an evolution thread you're fantasy facts of simple denial are ----> DOA .
Hell..... Lake of Fire, Day of Judgement & Redemption in Ancient Egypt ...and the "Torment of a Rich Man"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell
With the rise of the cult of Osiris during the Middle Kingdom the "democratization of religion" offered to even his humblest followers the prospect of eternal life, with moral fitness becoming the dominant factor in determining a person's suitability. At death a person faced judgment by a tribunal of forty-two divine judges. If they had led a life in conformance with the precepts of the Goddess Maat, who represented truth and right living, the person was welcomed into the Two Fields.
If found guilty the person was thrown to a "devourer" and would be condemned to the lake of fire. [10] The person taken by the devourer is subject first to terrifying punishment and then annihilated. These depictions of punishment may have influenced medieval perceptions of the inferno in hell via early Christian and Coptic texts. [11]
Purification for those considered justified appears in the descriptions of "Flame Island", where humans experience the triumph over evil and rebirth. For the damned complete destruction into a state of non-being awaits but there is no suggestion of eternal torture; the weighing of the heart in Egyptian Mythology can lead to annihilation. [12] [13] The Tale of Khaemwese describes the torment of a rich man, who lacked charity, when he dies and compares it to the blessed state of a poor man who has also died. [14] Divine pardon at judgement always remained a central concern for the Ancient Egyptians. [15] |
