2007-11-13 04:54:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nice people around here. I'm atheist, BTW.
2007-11-13 05:15:12 · update #1
(((Catti))) :)
2007-11-13 05:55:14 · update #2
Perdition. Eternal separation from God. If you knew that you could be in heaven with God, and you spat in his face, and then said he didn't know you, wouldn't you be like, kicking your ownass for doing such a retarded thing?
I Vote for Horror, you know I adore ya, but Imasis doesn't know what she's talking about most of the time. Obviously it fits fine.
I think we all need hugs here.
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EDIT:
Say it with me Imasis, metaphor!
And age obviously doesn't always bring wisdom, it kills brain cells too. Trust me, may have been older when I became mormon, but I know my stuff.
vDrizzt. he's the greatest. ^_^
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2007-11-13 05:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by Princess Ninja 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Just for reference I'm going to paste the verse.
"And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire and brimstone is endless torment. "
I would reference Doctrine and Covenants 19:5-13. It basically says that endless and eternal are other names for God, so endless punishment is really God's punishment.
Here's an example I like. Let's simplify a law and say that for the last 100 years, the punishment for stealing is 1 year in jail. Now the punishment has been around for 100 years. It's a 100 year punishment, but that doesn't mean you'll be punished for 100 years, only one. I hope that makes sense (It does in my mind, but I'm not always good at conveying my thoughts)
2007-11-16 11:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire and brimstone is endless torment."
Ok, so looking at it just by itself, it is talking about having to go to the lake of fire and brimstone and being in torment forever and ever. It isn't that hard to understand.
When you take it in context with the couple verses before it,
8 Behold, will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the words of the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and deny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you?
9 Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with ashame and awful guilt before the bar of God?
Then you see that it is talking about those that reject the words of Christ and choose not to follow Him.
What more do you want to know?
2007-11-13 06:07:28 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Seems like a colorful way of describing the torment that one will suffer if one denies the saving mercies of Jesus Christ. This torment will be partially the realization that much grander things could have been received and much higher glory achieved. That kind of regret has to be like being in a "lake of fire and brimstone". But given the context of the scripture and other LDS scriptures on the subject, I think it is metaphorical.
2007-11-13 06:13:31 · answer #4 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The key phrase is "And according to the power of justice". From the standpoint of justice alone, we are condemned to damnation, the lake of fire. But mercy is also available through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He has ransomed us, and freed us from eternal torment.
2007-11-13 07:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Isolde 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Metaphor for the pain felt when one makes choices that eternally separates him from God.
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2007-11-13 07:10:16 · answer #6 · answered by Dionysus 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Eternal torment is not being with God.
2007-11-15 04:06:39 · answer #7 · answered by Fishgutts 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it doesn't agree with their 3 levels of heaven or their idea of outer darkness, so I guess they'll say it was translated incorrectly or it was superceded by another revelation (God just had a bad day when He said that).
Cattie- Mormons believe time in "hell" can be temporary and they also don't believe in the lake of fire- just outer darkness.
I believe I was a mormon longer than you have been one?
2007-11-13 05:02:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
God is eternal.
Eternal punishment is God's punishment.
It is not contradictory in our doctrine, only to the interpretation that you are trying to give it.
2007-11-13 10:59:58 · answer #9 · answered by whapingmon 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who cares? How does it effect your life?
How do you explain Luke 19:27?
2007-11-13 04:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋