Exhibit #6,000,000 why women should not be educated nor allowed to have a position of authority in spiritual matters.
I love that she straight up admits that it wasn't any logic or convincing argument that pulled her astray, but simply an emotional concern over social approval and outsider perception. That's all it took for her to wander into heresy, according to her own words.
@Insomnolant maybe it's because I was raised Mormon that I have a bit more of a unique outlook on this. Their belief is that hell (outer darkness, as they call it) does exist, but the only way to go there is if you know for an absolute fact that God exists and you still deny it. They acknowledge that the vast majority of people will probably end up in the "terrestrial kingdom" which is more or less like earth but eternal, and some people will end up in the "telestial kingdom" which is a degree below but certainly not as bad as the typical depiction of hell.
That is to say, perhaps since I was raised that way, I think that if hell even exists, it's nigh impossible to actually go there. For various reasons. We also can't be the judge of who is saved or not, that's up to God.
@beardalaxy That's a nice fortress of copium you've constructed, but you would be far better served leaving your comfortable story you tell yourself and seeking truth in the Word of God and in prayer with your Heavenly Father.
@Insomnolant well I'm telling you what they believe, not necessarily what I believe. I'm just saying it might have influenced what I ended up believing ultimately and it's that I don't think the vast majority of people will go to hell, if a hell even exists at all beyond being a concept as a wayward soul detached from God, rather than a physical place.
There are a lot of interpretations of the Bible to the point where 3 entirely different major religions came from the old testament, and within those religions are many sects that also have their own interpretations. I think it's impossible to know for sure what the original intention was, especially because it's been changed. I personally believe some of the concept of hell was used as a way to scare people into submission from the Catholic church, and there is a decent amount of the modern interpretation of hell that comes from other, non-canon sources as well.
The foundational texts of Judaism as it is declared today were written later than each of the books in the Christian New testament and each of the books in Christian New testament were written later than each of the books in the Christian Old Testament according to "official" history sources
Now the books being combined into a single book of books was later then when they were originally written
Judaism was not based on the Old Testament
Islam is complicated
@shortstories @Insomnolant saying that Judaism and Islam incorporate the Old Testament is just an easy way of saying it, I know there are more differences. They don't literally call it the Old Testament but they use many of the same books. They all come from a very similar place but have different interpretations, and within those interpretations are even more interpretations. I don't think any of them are 100% correct and it is better to have a personal connection with God and your own interpretation instead of putting your trust fully in man, who is faulty and fickle.
