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Originally Posted by MitzaLizalor
I have a question. Hell. If there are degrees of torture available, is it possible to be "demoted" as it were, to some more wretched status than one enjoyed previously? If the arrow of time is contiguous with our waking experience here on earth, with or without a timeless interlude at the boundary, doesn't that suggest possible "promotion" to another place where conditions are less repulsive? I was thinking that if there were no place to be repelled to, conditions would not be repulsive at all.
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Of course, certainly and indeed,
Jesus as God has designed
eternal punishments that - while agonizing - can be less agonizing than others. To assess this, we have to first understand that each and every non-True™-Christian sinner has committed an
infinite number of sins:
James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Second, we need to understand that even false Christians/atheists can understand some issues, and a Mathematician called Georg Cantor discovered that not all infinities are of the same
size. And size does matter. Countable infinities (real numbers) are less than non-countable infinities (irreal numbers or
whatever). Thus, one sinner can have committed fewer sins than another although both have committed infinitely many sins. It's simple and
elegant.
How to punish these somewhat lesser sinners?
Jesus has the answer!
Acts 2:35
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Being a
footstool for a True Christian™ for eternity does not perhaps seem
so bad but, imagine this, after a few bezillions of years, your
spine will become crooked, your joints become fixed without any relief from the pain and
torture. It's probably less agonizing than
tungsten enemas administered on a regular basis. It is quite possible that some of the less godless presidents are at this very moment residing in a
fetal position with Jesus laughing heartily and resting His elegant legs on their backs.
Yours in Christ,
Elmer