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Lv 5

Why do religions still teach that 'hell' is a place of torment when it is not (Jer. 7:31)?

Religions of the world still teach millions, including children, that Almighty God is torturing people. In view of what the prophet Jeremiah stated at Jeremiah 7:31, why do you think they continue, even those who claim to accept the Bible as God's inspired Word of divine Truth? How does this compare with The God of Love He really is?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Yes it is. At the end of the world.

    Revelation 20:5-10

  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    Well, the answer is obvious. For 2000 years Christian theologians have been dead wrong and now you have finally come along to set us all right. Thanks so much :)

    Okay, all kidding aside, I wish Hell wasn't real, but there is simply an overwhelming amount of Scripture that compels any serious student of the Bible to accept its existence. Jeremiah 7:31 simply doesn't apply. All it states is that God does not want people to burn their children in ritual sacrifice.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

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    Because theirs no doubt about the Love part, eh?

  • 10 years ago

    Dont worry. If there are a billion christians that means there are a billion different interpretations of the Bible. As an atheist I take no notice of any of them.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    That verse refers to the people of Judah setting up pagan idols and sacrificing people to the false gods. Please don't take one verse at a time and think you will fool anyone. You are detestable.

    Source(s): 30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it. 31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
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