Belief in eternal punishment in a literal hell is declining among Christians in America...
In a National Geographic article published earlier this month and now making the rounds among Christians, writer Mark Strauss outlines the shifting Christian perspective toward believing that those who don’t accept Christ die a spiritual death as well as a mortal one instead of being punished eternally in hell.
Noting a 13 percentage point drop over the past 20 years in Americans who believe in a fiery underworld, the author notes that the stats present “a conundrum that continues to tug at the conscience of some Christians, who find it difficult to reconcile the existence of a just, loving God with a doctrine that dooms billions of people to eternal punishment.”
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Author: Brandon Showalter
Keywords: extinctionism, destructionism, Hell, Gehena, Gehenna, Judgment of Gehenna, Judgement of Gehenna, Judgement of hell, Judgment of hell, Hell fire, Eternal fire, Eternal hell fire, Hellfire, Eternal hellfire, Eternal punishment, Everlasting punishment, Everlasting punishing, Eternal torment, Eternal torture, Burn in hell, Burning in hell, Burn in hell forever, Hell forever, Hades, Sheol, Everlasting torment, annihilation, annihilationism, Tartarus
Bible reference(s): Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:11, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 28:18, Isaiah 57:9, Ezekiel 31:15, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 31:17, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:27, Amos 9:2, Jonah 2:2, Habakkuk 2:5, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 23:15, Matthew 23:33, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:45, Mark 9:47, Luke 12:5, Luke 16:22-28, James 3:6, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Esdras 2:29, 2 Esdras 4:7, 2 Esdras 4:8, 2 Esdras 7:36, 2 Esdras 8:53
Source: “Will the Traditional Christian Belief of Eternal Hell Be Minority View Soon?”, Christian Post, May 24, 2016.
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