It’s just nonsensical rationalizations all the way down.
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OutrageousUmpire@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah I remember being taught in church about forgiveness and love. And then taught about Lucifer being kicked out to hell forever, no chance of redemption. It didn’t make sense to me, even as a kid. I think I asked a Sunday school teacher about it and got a nonsensical rationalization.
SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
0ops@lemm.ee 5 months ago
What I was taught was that because Lucifer and his followers were literally in heaven or wherever and knew God personally, they essentially should’ve known better than to rebel. On earth, hardly anyone has perfect faith, so they get some leeway for not knowing better.
That’s the extent of my knowledge on that and I don’t even believe it, but that’s what I was taught
Microw@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Probably because the whole Lucifer Story is apocryphic and was pierced together/made up by church teachers. It doesnt fit with the message of the New Testament one bit.
affiliate@lemmy.world 5 months ago
expanding on this, even the existence of eternal hell is fairly controversial among theologians. this is from the page on [Christian Univeralism]:(en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_universalism)
kemsat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Also, most of the Bible is stolen from other religions & spiritualities that existed around before it was all codified.
Microw@lemm.ee 5 months ago
“Stolen” is a bit of a harsh word, it was normal for the various religious cults back then to influence each other
kemsat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Harsh but accurate.