The Doctrine of Hellfire

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Annihilationism

Annihilationism is the minority Christian doctrine that sinners are destroyed rather than

tormented forever in "hell" or the lake of fire. It is directly related to the doctrine of
conditional immortality, the idea that a human soul is not immortal unless it is given
eternal life. Annihilationism asserts that God will eventually destroy or annihilate the
wicked, leaving only the righteous to live on in immortality. Some annihilationists
believe the wicked will be punished for their sins in the lake of fire before being
annihilated, others that hell is a false doctrine of pagan origin.
Annihilationist denominations include the Seventh-day Adventists, Bible Students,
Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians and the various Advent Christian churches. Some
Protestant and Anglican writers have also proposed annihilationist doctrines.
Annihilationists base the doctrine on their exegesis of scripture, some early church
writing, historical criticism of the doctrine of hell, and the concept of God as too loving
to punish his creations forever.

Some Quotes from Athiests

I dont think there is anything about my consciousness that necessitates there be a Eternal soul. I did not exist for almost the entire history of the universe, and I it did not bother me one bit.

What happens after I die?

Nothing happens. I'm dead. I'll be in the same state like before I was born.

We die, just like every other living being, we close our eyes and thats it, ofcourse the
final feelings and emotions will depend of the circumstance of our death (ideally at a time
where we have accepted, after an extremely long life it or unaware that its taking place).

Your 'essence' is your brain. Your brain switches off. You return to the dust.

Its like flipping a light switch the bulb just goes out ...as for soul it just made up... where

does a cats soul go.....we are not special we just have better brains.

When you die: The same as when an orchestre finishes its performance - The music

stops.

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Old Testament

Isaiah 66:24, And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have

transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched;

and they shall be abhorring unto all flesh.A PLACE OF FIRE

Psalm 9:17, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

A PLACE OF THE WICKED

In this passage the word “Hell is from”

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לואשׁלאשׁ

she'olshe'ol

sheh-ole', sheh-ole'

FromH75 92;h a des or the world of the dead (as if a subterranianret rea t), including its

accessories and inmates: - grave, hell, pit.

This is a literary device using that which is known to describe that which is more esoteric

in nature this is called aS yn ecd och e:understanding one thing with another; the use of a

part for the whole, or the whole for the part.

Daniel 12:2, And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to

everlasting life, and some to shame and

EVERLASTING contempt.

Hell is without end - everlasting

Isaiah 14:9-11, 15 (referring to Lucifer), Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet
thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee...all they shall speak and say unto thee,
Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought
down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the
worms cover thee...thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

The word ‘hell’ here (לואשׁsh

e'ol) is rendered by the Vulgate, “infernus;” and by the

Septuagint,οʇ αʇ ́ ʸ δηςho Hades, “Hades.”

It properly means the grave, and then the dark regions of the lower world - the region of
ghosts and shades a place where thick darkness reigns.
(see the note atIs a_5 : 1 4, where the word is explained).

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Isa 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure:

and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend

into it.

Therefore hell - The word transated “hell,”לו אשׁsh

e'ol, has not the same meaning that

we now attach to that word; its usual signification, among the Hebrews, was “the lower
world, the region of departed spirits.” It corresponded to the Greekαʇ ́ δηςHade s, “hades,”
or place of the dead. This word occurs eleven times in the New TestamentMat _1 1 : 23;

Mat_16:18; Luk_10:15; Luk_16:23; Act_2:27, Act_2:31; 1Co_15:55; Rev_1:18; Rev_6:8;

Rev_20:13-14, in all of which places, except 1Co_15:55, it is rendered “hell,” though

denoting, in most of those places, as it does in the Old Testament, the abodes of the dead.

The Septuagint, in this place, and usually, translates the wordלו אשׁsh

e'olb yαʇ ́ δης Hades,

“Hades.” It was represented by the Hebrews as “low down, or deep” in the earth -
contrasted with the height of heaven;D eu_3 2: 22;J o b _1 1 :8;Ps a_1 3 9: 7-8. It was a place
where thick darkness reigns;J o b _1 0: 21 -22 : ‘The land of darkness and the shadow of
death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself.’ It is described as having “valleys, or
depths,”Pr o _9: 1 8. It is represented also as having “gates,”Is a_3 8: 1 0; and as being
inhabited by a great multitude, some of whom sit on thrones, occupied in some respects
as they were on earth; see the note atIs a_1 4: 9. And it is also said that the wicked
descend into it by openings in the earth, as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram did;N um_1 5 : 3 0,
... In this place, it means evidently the “regions of the dead,” without the idea of
punishment; and the poetic representation is, that so many of the Jews would be cut off
by famine, thirst, and the sword, that those vast regions would be obliged “to enlarge
themselves” in order to receive them. It means, therefore, that while many of them would
go into captivityIs a_5 : 1 3, vast multitudes of them would be cut off by famine, thirst, and
the sword.