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A Series on Hell

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Cindy Skillman

A series on hell . . . Fun stuff, huh? My friend Rachel DiPaulo, over at her blog, Stirring the Deep, just posted a series of four videos on the subject of hell. They’re each fairly short, so you don’t … Continue reading →

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Does an Eternity Have to be Forever?

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Cindy Skillman

In my last post I talked about the Greek words aion and aionios. Aionios is often (but not always) translated eternal or everlasting. It cannot be the case that aionios means eternal in the modern sense — or at least … Continue reading →

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A Personal Odyssey: Part 3

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Cindy Skillman

Are Jehovah’s Witnesses right about at least one thing? They believe the wicked are ultimately destroyed (annihilated) rather than tortured in perpetuity in hell. Compared with eternal torment, annihilation sounds a lot more merciful, and I also held that opinion … Continue reading →

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Hell: Eternal Torment or Eternal Destruction?

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Cindy Skillman

For an update on this post, please see “A Personal Odyssey,” which I wrote a year and a half later. Is this a vision of the eternal torment awaiting unrepentant sinners? Umm, nope. Sorry. Just some clay monsters created by … Continue reading →

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