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In reply to the discussion: Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak' [View all]Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Jesus liked the Hell stuff. Aside from the parable of Lazarus the servant and the rich man, in which Jesus suggests that one of the treats of Heaven is that you can actually watch the people in Hell burn, there are these references, and others, straight from the source himself:
Matthew 25:41
Then He will also say to those on His left, Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
Matthew 18:8
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.
Mark 9:47-48
If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell
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What's really ironic is the liberal Christians going on about Trumperists "ignoring" the words of Jesus, which certainly include multiple references to tortuous eternal punishment of the naughty.