Offshoot discussion of "what religion are you" thread

[Khamûl]

Originally posted by Coney
Another question: I have read that Hell is simply a time of redemption...........when the sins are "purged" from the soul then Heaven (and therefore God) will accept you......yet Hell is often described as "eternal".......any comments on this?

Time for my two cents. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that purgatory is a Catholic belief. As Baptists, we believe that after you die, you go eternally to Heaven or eternally to Hell.

Originally posted by Coney
But one can step either side, jump over or even walk backwards from "the sewer" and still not end up in the crud Christianity does not seem to give this option......it seems to me to be a choice of "come to me or wallow in the excrement".

Continuing with the analogy, the sewer is death. You can't backtrack from or sidestep away from death. It's something everyone has to face.