Appendix C MAGICIAN’S SMOKE OR PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT Our examination of hell in the Bible revealed plenty of evidence that the existence of such a place is not supported by the scriptures. The argument is so convincing, as a matter of fact, that its going to be difficult to understand how it is that anyone couldContinue reading “Summing it all Up”
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
PURPLE, FINE LINEN AND FIVE BROTHERS There seems to be a triad of translation/interpretation mishaps regarding the subject of hell in the Bible. First is the “unhappy” rendering (W.E. Vine) of sheol and hades as “hell” in the Old and New Testaments, respectively. Then there is the interpretation of Gehenna (the Valley of Hinnom) asContinue reading “The Rich Man and Lazarus”
The Soul in Western Thought
OF GHOSTS, LINGERING REALTIVES AND INK SPOTS Science will be of little help to us here. There is no hard scientific evidence for the existence of the soul. There is no observation to be made, no experiment to be conducted. Everything we believe regarding the existence of the soul comes to us from somewhere otherContinue reading “The Soul in Western Thought”
Undressing Orthodoxy 