The next time you cite an atrocious Bible verse and a…
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The next time you cite an atrocious Bible verse and a Christian responds with some variation of "that's the Old Testament, Jesus loves," remember who introduced hell.
Before the New Testament, the dead went to Sheol, the Hebrew equivalent of Hades in Greek mythology. No fire, no worms, no punishment. Everyone went. Good, evil, it didn't matter. Sheol was the great equalizer.
Then Jesus arrives, and in Mark 9:47-48:
"It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched."
The loving figure of the New Testament is also its primary architect of eternal damnation.
#religion
Before the New Testament, the dead went to Sheol, the Hebrew equivalent of Hades in Greek mythology. No fire, no worms, no punishment. Everyone went. Good, evil, it didn't matter. Sheol was the great equalizer.
Then Jesus arrives, and in Mark 9:47-48:
"It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched."
The loving figure of the New Testament is also its primary architect of eternal damnation.
#religion
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