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    14 hours ago

    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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      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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        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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        From what I understand, the early church didn’t teach anything extra extra-biblical about hell. Until the Roman Empire made it the official religion in 380. Coincidence?