I fear God. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom..." Psalm 110:10
God is the one who decides where you go for eternity. He is the judge. Not the creature. Hell has to be eternal or else it wouldn't be hell. There is no time in the after life. It's an unchangeable state. Unless you go to purgatory which is another topic. Talmudism or what they call Judaism is not the same religion of Mary and Joseph. That religion is the descendent of the Pharisees. They don't believe in an eternal hell. Their version of hell is more similar to purgatory from what I've heard.
What makes you think the belief of a hell came from the Zoroastrianism?
Zoroastrianism is older and held that belief long before Christianity. https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/zoroastrian/beliefs/god.shtml
FTA "It is generally accepted that in the Abrahamic religions, the concepts of Heaven and Hell, as well as the Devil, were heavily influenced by Zoroastrian belief."
I'm not questioning your faith, it's just mine is different. I would never ask or insist you do anything because of what I believe.
I don't see where it says Christians got their belief of Hell from the Zorastrians. Where is the evidence for that claim?
Hell is taught in the Old Testament. Christianity is prefigured in the Old Testament which goes back to the beginning of man with Adam. Yet, a religion that predates another doesn't mean the newer religion got a belief from the older. That's not logically sound. Plus, there are many pagans all over the world whose beliefs are similar yet they never came into contact with each other.
It is the last line in the article. All religions are dirivative of previous religions. Buddhist sent missionaries into the Middle East. Christianity mirrors numerous religions that came before it and were around at the same time. Sumer, Greek and many others had stories strikingly similar to the Jesus story. If you want to believe in Hell, go ahead. My point is I don't know if there is a Hell or not, Nobody knows how much of any of it is true. Faith is believing something of which you have no proof. Those people that steered me wrong won't be there if I am ever held accountable. I would like for God to believe I, at least put some thought into it before I bought whatever was dished out to me.
Cheers!
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