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I'm in agreement with this sentiment. Unfortunately, the world also consists of many "hawks". :( It seems that international policing has become too political .. us v. them .. fear mongering. Police forces world-wide have to fight against financial fraud .. robbery .. burglary. It's no...

Religion is not the problem. It is human beings' love of power and wealth that is the problem.

Indeed, G-d is aware of what is in our minds. We are not automatons .. we have a soul .. a conscience .. which is G-d given. G-d has no need of anybody's worship .. we are the ones in need .. to enable us to ward off evil .. to remind us of the path of righteousness. Human beings are easily...

What would you expect to see, if G-d existed? Welcome to the forum, btw. :)

Such wording implies that people are sent somewhere by Yahweh .. as in a prescribed punishment. We effectively punish ourselves. The reason why belief in G-d (or belief in Christ etc.) is a necessary requirement for salvation, is because it has a significant effect on our deeds. The idea that...

Mmm.. Precisely .. it's not made of matter .. it's a spiritual concept .. of the very foundation of existence. That's it .. we believe in that which is hidden from us. No .. we can't be G-d .. G-d is of an infinite nature .. one soul, being part of an infinite phenomena, cannot be that from...

That would be a version of prescribed justice in the OT, to be implimented in this worldly life. It says nothing about the possible scenarios in a life hereafter. One important difference between belief and disbelief, is in the concept that physical death is not the end of our spiritual...

Exactly !

I think @Thomas has already covered the topic of "eternal" , and I have also commented. (a very long time)

Well, most creeds claim that they have 'got it right' .. ..and here you go preferring a 'literal reading' in this instance. I see the destruction of a soul in a metaphorical sense .. breaking down .. total failure. Well, this is what atheists claim, when they say that so many people are...

That assumes that any "punishment" that a soul experiences is due to actions of "a person called G-d". I don't think that that is the case. Well, we know that pain serves as a signal to "correct" what is causing it. ..which is why you believe in a doctrine of 'blotted out' souls .. it's what...

If you are talking about empirical evidence, I don't think the 'Christianity forum' is the place for such discussion. Suffice to say, that Christians believe in a life after death.

Yes .. our lives mean something .. and not just on a superficial level. i.e. we eat, procreate, and die History is meaningful .. it has been accurately, cosmically recorded. Each and every one of us has a part to play. Our deeds affect our future .. including after death. It is just too...

That makes no sense to me .. if one knows naught after death, there is nothing to miss. What does it matter, if one lives forever or is 'blotted out'? Furthermore, that is NOT what Jesus taught according to the Gospels. ..unless one wishes to explain away verses in the NT as fictional or...

Perhaps you should ask @Thomas .. Are you saying that the concept does not exist in the Christian Bible?

..because our lives would have no cosmic meaning .. no matter what we do, it really makes no difference, because it is negated by oblivion. Well, that is the whole point .. that our physical death is not the 'end of the story'.

It is understood by most people to be something, which could perhaps be described as 'the essence' of a person, that does not die along with the physical body.

satan is created, just like you or I.. We are all capable of good and/or evil. Those who mistakenly turn towards evil ( particularly those who praise satan), are heading for a similar fate.

..if that is what you believe.. I believe that G-d created the UNIVERSE .. the time-space continuum. I believe that the soul does not die at physical death, and is not of physical matter. i.e. the soul is "from G-d" G-d cannot be destroyed .. G-d is (or literally 'I will be what I will be') ...

As I have already said, it is how I perceive the nature of reality .. particularly in the context of a life hereafter, where our deeds are no longer hidden. I do not see G-d as 'a person' or soul, that delivers justice as a human judge does. To me, the 'burning alive' signifies extreme...