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[–] 18 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I don't know about Islamic texts, but the Bible doesn't really say much about hell. If you want to learn about hell, you have to go to preachers. Fire and brimstone is their bread and butter. The more they talk about hell, the more money they make.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Even the "lake of fire" Jesus talks about is a reference to burn pits outside of town where they got rid of garbage. Almost as if taking everything in the bible literally is the wrong lense.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Exactly. There is no actual "hell" in the bible, it's a lake of fire, which is not even a lake. Christians have no clue what their bible actually says. Spoiler Alert: there is no satan.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, it's funny how they take it literally but also infer things that aren't implied, like that the snake in the garden was satan. It just says a snake in the story... That leap is all theirs.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him." That's apocalyptic literature, which people interpret in a variety of ways, but it does mention Satan and describes him as a serpent, so it is not a complete leap.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    the entire modern idea of "hell" pretty much just comes from dantes inferno, which is funny cause that was basically just fan fiction dante wrote so that he could pretend to interact with the girl next door he never got a chance to talk to

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