Posted by ~gc~ [polly] on March 30, 1999 at 18:46:29 {.Oe37V.qjQYzk3C7MU66y5tAMziUMM}:
In Reply to: Chat with a fundie posted by Cygnus on March 30, 1999 at 17:18:59:
Hmm, notice you didn't post our conversation from last night. Sniff.
I'll survive.
This conversation reminded me of an interesting position I once read on the hellfire doctrine. I suppose it was meant to combat the notion that God is a bully and punishes unbelievers in a burning hell. This particular Pator, Tony Evans, explains that hell is actually part of God's nature. He likens God to fire. That if you touch fire you will get burned and that of course isn't fire's fault, but only part of it's physical nature. I am looking through his site as I write this to see if I can find a quote on the "nature" argument. I couldn't, but I did find this:
Make sense? Not to me either.
Regardless, the book is called Our God is Awesome, by Dr. Tony Evans