There's no Hell mentioned in the Old Testament. The punishment of the dead is not specified there. It's only with gentle Jesus, meek and mild, that the idea of eternal torture for minor transgressions is introduced.
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There's no Hell mentioned in the Old Testament. The punishment of the dead is not specified there. It's only with gentle Jesus, meek and mild, that the idea of eternal torture for minor transgressions is introduced.
World, death, devil, hell, away and leave me in peace! You have no hold on me. If you will not let me live, then I will die. But you won't succeed in that. Chop my head off, and it won't harm me. I have a God who will give me a new one.
Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that
This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells - that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self (atman).
I am not like _x000D_ other people. _x000D_ I am _x000D_ burning in hell. The hell of _x000D_ myself.
Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.
Sin and Hell are married unless repentance proclaims the divorce.
If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.
Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
There is another language beyond language, _x000D_ another place beyond heaven and hell. _x000D_ Precious gems come from another mine, _x000D_ the heart draws light from another source.
The big horrible thing isn't the plane crash or the earthquake or the diagnosis. When those things occur, we act, we know what to do. We live or we die. Hell is what we do in the meantime. It is the ways we starve our souls as we prepare for the future that never comes as planned. The true disaster is living the life in your mind and missing the one in front of you.
Politicians promise you heaven before election and give you hell after
So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back.
UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.
The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them - the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status.
If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it.
For whatever you're doing, for your creative juices, your geography's got a hell of a lot to do with it. You really have to be in a good place, and then you have to be either on your way there or on your way from there.
Anger and hatred are the materials from which hell is made.
I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.
I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.
Other than heaven, the only place where one's heart is completely safe from the dangers of love is hell.
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