tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post7829613142133590114..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: One man's heaven is another man's hellRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-19512412420154871102009-03-06T20:40:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:40:00.000-05:00Did you get this from an atheist blog? Because at...Did you get this from an atheist blog? Because atheists are always saying that heaven would be hell to them. This is not really an original idea. Nice try though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69345572833353415472009-03-04T21:39:00.000-05:002009-03-04T21:39:00.000-05:00Reminds me of the "Twilight Zone" (or was it "Nigh...Reminds me of the "Twilight Zone" (or was it "Night Gallery"?) episode where this hippie-type dude dies and expects fire and brimstone, but instead is stuck in a room with a boring old man and a couple showing home movies. Satan, before he waves good-by, tells him, "I'm told they have an identical room up there. What's Hell to you is Heaven to somebody else."Robert-the-Chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854442915474909262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-41006695659399827182009-03-03T16:50:00.000-05:002009-03-03T16:50:00.000-05:00Hm.But could that account for the physical sufferi...Hm.<BR/><BR/>But could that account for the <I>physical</I> suffering which Scripture pictures in hell? (I.e., after the general resurrection.)Kyjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576699017770933239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-4665921631779317112009-03-03T16:32:00.000-05:002009-03-03T16:32:00.000-05:00Seems biblical indeed.Rev. 14:9b-10, "If anyone wo...Seems biblical indeed.<BR/><BR/>Rev. 14:9b-10, "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and <I><B>in the presence of the Lamb</B></I>."Zao Thanatoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773282658698389572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-20881771841985162552009-03-02T23:39:00.000-05:002009-03-02T23:39:00.000-05:00This reminds me very much of CS Lewis' comments ab...This reminds me very much of CS Lewis' comments about Hell and its residents. He talks about how we are becoming each day creatures more suited for Heaven or for Hell; that if we were the latter, we would not choose the former even if we were presented the option because it would be so opposite our character; that the door to hell is locked from the inside because people who reside there have finally had God say to them, "Have it your way," when they would not say to Him, "Thy will be done."Chris Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852172543604796279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-72333060424444812482009-03-02T16:26:00.000-05:002009-03-02T16:26:00.000-05:00Dominic, you might read River of Fire: http://www....Dominic, you might read River of Fire: http://www.orthodoxpress.org/parish/river_of_fire.htm<BR/><BR/>In terms of Heaven being "intolerable" for some, did you hear that joke about the Triabloggers discovering there were Catholics and gays in Heaven and then were so mortified they ran screaming all the way to Hell?<BR/><BR/>I'm just kidding, there are no Catholics or homos in Heaven. Or Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, Seventh-Day Adventists, Mormons, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, apostates, backsliders, Pentecostals, charismatics, Continuationists, Christian evolutionists, etc. etc. (there were 73,000 other groups here but I ran out of space).Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387448864812957107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-57606680993885742482009-03-02T15:30:00.000-05:002009-03-02T15:30:00.000-05:00Hi Steve; I've tentatively held to a similar view ...Hi Steve; I've tentatively held to a similar view for some time, based in part on the passage(s) John points out regarding how God's presence is like fire. It seems very plausible that hell, far from being the absence of God as is often imagined, is in fact very similar to heaven in its objective characteristics, and involves God's full presence with the damned. And the damned can't bear it.<BR/><BR/>It's not a view I've really seen seriously considered much, so it's nice to discover someone else who finds it plausible.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>BnonnDominic Bnonn Tennanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103838704540924679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-22689478307044510032009-03-02T13:28:00.000-05:002009-03-02T13:28:00.000-05:00steve I agree with you,hey patrick I tried to send...steve I agree with you,hey patrick I tried to send you an email but the email address you gave me did not work.LonelyBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296231795980808737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-60054739302391965402009-03-02T12:16:00.000-05:002009-03-02T12:16:00.000-05:00Someone once posited the fact that "Our God is a c...Someone once posited the fact that "Our God is a consuming fire" itself could account for "the fires of hell." Sort of the extreme version of what you are saying here.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-2393907723470820772009-03-02T12:10:00.000-05:002009-03-02T12:10:00.000-05:00Interesting. Perhaps, for example, the lazy-damne...Interesting. Perhaps, for example, the lazy-damned will balk at all the good work opportunities of their afterlife.<BR/><BR/>I think I'll incorporate your analysis here into future apologetic discussions on Hell.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784922935749497931noreply@blogger.com