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To: DouglasKC
From the above link "The Biblical View of Hell", comes this statement:

"An examination of all the words translated "hell" shows that the traditional view of an ever-burning place of torment where the wicked are punished for eternity cannot be found in the Bible."

Mark chapter 9, 42 and 43:

"And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire: Where there worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.

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20 posted on 06/11/2006 9:26:01 PM PDT by reductio
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To: reductio; DouglasKC
Mark chapter 9, 42 and 43: "And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire: Where there worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.

Gehenna .....of..... Fire

Gehenna was a garbage dump outside of Jerusalem. This was in the same "Valley of Hinnom" where the idolizing Israelites threw their children into the "Fires of Molech" in Old Testament times. During the first century this valley still had ever burning fires as it was used for refuse and even dead bodies of indigents and criminals were cast in there to be rid of them.

Gehenna....... A mis translation into the word "Hell" has caused a lot of confusion over the years.

23 posted on 06/12/2006 7:28:03 AM PDT by Diego1618
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