Lasz, did you know that there isn't a single reference to a literal, burning hell in the entire Old Testament. That is solely a feature of the New Testament.
Which raises the question, "Where did the idea of a burning Hell come from?"
I've come to believe that it was the invention of ambitious, early church leaders who used it to frighten superstitious secular and religious opponents into submission. I've come to believe that because the concept of a loving God casting his children into a lake of fire to torment them eternally is diametrically opposed to the very things that Christ taught.
