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From: gt7122b@prism.gatech.edu (boundary, the catechist)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Assurance of Hell
Message-ID: <Apr.22.00.56.57.1993.2112@geneva.rutgers.edu>
Date: 22 Apr 93 04:56:57 GMT
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In article <Apr.21.03.26.39.1993.1370@geneva.rutgers.edu> lfoard@hopper.virginia.edu (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:

>A God who must motivate through fear is not a God worthy of worship.
>If the God Jesus spoke of did indeed exist he would not need hell to

The reason for the existence of hell is justice.  Fear is only an effect
of the reality of hell.

-- 
boundary, the catechist 

no teneis que pensar que yo haya venido a traer la paz a la tierra; no he
venido a traer la paz, sino la guerra (Mateo 10:34, Vulgata Latina) 
