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It doesn't really matter what theologians and novelists think about hell if there's no reason to believe in such a terrible place 
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So you want "proof" of God and hell, but you dismiss theologians and thinkers who write about these things and refuse to read their books.

You really are an immature, petty jackass. Too bad you lack any self-awareness.

Or, you're just a troll with a particularly assinine persona. As an atheist myself, I can't see why anyone bothers to interact with you. [/quote]

not either PP . . .

But how do theologians and thinkers show evidence of god?

It's one thing to develop a theory based on reality - Marx and his Manifesto, for example - but quite another to prove there's a god by studying ancient texts.

- Again, what evidence is there of Jesus OUTSIDE of the bible?  (Even if there was a Jesus, there are no other reports of his mystical ways.)
- Examine WHY cultures moves from polytheism to monotheism.  It's all about the power and control one can wield through ONE god.  The lesser gods, each controlling one aspect, were combined into one larger god.  Greeks, Romans, Jews (early on) - all polytheistic

What's most amusing is our fascination with Greek and Roman mythology.  Allusions to these gods and goddesses have been placed in many great texts across the ages.  We call them myths but fail to recognize that from these myths sprang the idea of one god.

Zeus and his Roman counterpart, Jupiter, ruled over the gods/goddesses and humans.  Hell, Zeus is even mentioned in the bible!

Acts 14:8-13New International Version (NIV)

[quote]In Lystra and Derbe
8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.

11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.[/quote]
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