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I did make a long and detailed post, addressing each quote in turn, but because this forum logs you out after a time (which I forgot ><) it got gobbled up. Basically, I believe that the eternal punishment referred to so viscerally in the Bible is entirely our responsibility. God loves everyone...

I agree with this, but I don't think the Garden of Eden is how it happened. Why can't it be a metaphor?

Nope. Though these are all possibilities, Apocatastasis proper means that all souls will atone of their sins and enter into the kingdom - not that the wicked will die completely or that hell only exists on earth. Hell does exist according to Apocatastasis; but noone stays there forever.

Something I have been thinking about for a long time is Apocatastasis - that is, universal salvation. Originally posited over a thousand years ago by Origen, a greek early church scholar, and later carried on by many thinkers from Saint Gregory of Nyssa to Julian of Norwich, it teaches that all...

I don't think prophecy will ever truly die. We just need to shut up and listen!

/nods I don't think belief in the Garden of Eden being literal is that fundamental to Christianity. Jesus, God's very word, made a point of using parable and metaphor to get his point across, why should the rest of God's word be any different, especially when they are trying to explain in the...

^^ I'll look forward to it :)

Thanks :) I have read some of what she has written, I like it!

Greetings to you all, and my I say I'm glad to be here! I hope I can usefully contribute to the many interesting dicussions I've seen on these forums. A little about myself - I'm a student living in Oxfordshire, England and I am a Christian. I am CofE and intend to remain so, but I have a real...

Hi there everyone! Path, thanks for writing this thread, it's nice to know there are other Christians with druidic leanings around :rolleyes: I have always wanted to get involved with a more mystical, nature-orientated form of discipline, and I have looked at Creation Spirituality, Christian...

Hi everyone! I'd have to say: Love God. See God in all things. Therefore, love all things :)