@fmf said
Is "Annihilationism" heretical in your view?
I do not think that it is if it is some very ultimate, later conclusion, it is necessarily heretical, for there are passages which imply that hell will one day be entirely abolished. However, it is not a standard interpretation that, say, every soul that enters it is very shortly thereafter abolished. But it is definitely
less heretical than saying that it does not exist at all.
In regards to your other posts in this vain: I am showing that my interpretations of the Bible are completely in line with what is normally said about it by the absolute leading authorities, which go to show why the viewpoint is literally heretical.
Obviously,
anyone can construct a series of arguments where X is all symbolic, and Y is not meant to be interpreted that way, and get the Bible to say
whatever you want it to say. But that is not ocnsistent and proper, and it is not part of any of the great traditions within Christianity.
Since we've exhausted the topic of hell and it always goes back to this, I think it is succinct to just summarize it that way.
The fact that you are not persuaded by it is hardly of concern to me.
This is a theological discussion, and the Bible and major authorities of the Bible are going to be relevant to the discussion, whereas some atheist trying to "square one" us on the idea that there is no God and that thi sis all irrelevant is just not
that relevant to us.
No, I do not need to spend 1000 words of every interaction on the Spirituality forum accounting for atheism -- especially when this is all about
someone who identifies as Christian.
You just aren't the center of this discussion.