kendall - PM
Date: 18 Mar 13 - 09:15 AM

"Heaven is being one with god. Hell is being apart from god."

OK- a bit of religious history here:

Christians speak of Jesus's sacrifice as being superlative, the ultimate altruism, in his choosing to die on a cross, to be killed for humankind.

That has never made sense to me. To be crucified was not an uncommon way to die - even in the biblical story, a common thief was condemned to die on the cross.

So that cannot be the point. If human being were capable of identifying with ants, say, became aware of their problems and discovered that if s/he sacrificed their life, knowing that s/he would then return to life as a human being, I have little doubt but that someone would do it.

Where the sacrifice comes in, I believe, is not the dying on the cross but the necessary separation from God.

And perhaps, that is what hell is: Separation from God.

Thus spake Ebbie, product of longtime indoctrination.