Re: e: Hell II (Was: Rational thought etc.)

Sean McHugh wrote:
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> lynx wrote:
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*snip*

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> Ath's referring to the Church as the 'bride' comes from Revelation: 
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<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/alpha/data/aud19920108en.html>
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> Athanasius took it a step further and presented the 'bride' identity
> more pragmatically, as do other Christian evangelists.  Revelation 
> is already bad enough. As you have previously done, you defended the
> Christian and biblical metalanguage. I think that if the Bible is
> supposed to be as imperative as Christians would have one believe,

*some* Christians please. Many of us think that this is one of the 
strengths of the bible, forcing the faithful to use their God-given 
brains to discern the meaning from both the text and the various 
meta-narrative threads found there. Hence, we can discuss meaning 
without rancour or name-calling.

> its language should be very precise, not fluffy. By the way, I was
> hoping you might explain how you can obtain your exegetical 'take'
> from the several verses I presented below. You made no comment
> whatsoever. So did you find those verses clear, or didn't you? 
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*snip*

What, no fearful eschatological confessions found between the lines?
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> Sean McHugh

Chris