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Eternal conscious torment does not benefit God nor the one being punished.
The problem with the idea that eternal conscious torment does not benefit God or the one that God punishes is that it mistakenly assumes there must be a benefit to God and to those punished. Furthermore, I have not yet heard what the conditionalist means by benefit. ...
Eternal Conscious Torment makes God immoral
One of the complaints raised by conditionalists against the teaching of eternal conscious torment (ECT) is that it makes God immoral. They say that it is wrong for someone to suffer for eternity, in utter agony, for finite sins committed here on earth. Therefore, to...
Examining soul sleep and its problems
Among conditionalists, soul sleep is the position that upon death the human soul enters a state of unconsciousness “soul sleep,” the view that death is a state of total unconsciousness, rather than survival in heaven, hell, or purgatory."[fn]Rethinking Hell: Readings...
God receiving Jesus’ spirit proves continued conscious existence after death
The person of Jesus is critical to the issue of conditional immortality. In all my research, I have not yet seen where a conditionalist addresses the issue that I'm raising here. Perhaps it has been addressed, but I haven't found it. Now, before I present it, I need...
Word Study on death, apothnesko, sorted by verse
The Greek word ἀποθνήσκω, apothnesko occurs 111 times in the New Testament. Basically, it means death, to die. It has both literal and figurative meanings depending on usage. Verses that deal specifically with physical death would be (Matt. 8:32; Mark 5:35; Luke...