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what’s interesting about contemporary christianity is that it’s not even all that clear if the idea of “eternal damnation” is something that’s actually supported by the scripture. and yet it’s such a fundamental part of modern christianity, especially for the so-called “god-fearing christians”.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_universalism#Views_on_hell
If you go strictly by the bible, there is not eternal damnation, only in a sense that in the final judgement at the end of the end times, those who do not make it into heaven are simply destroyed, not sent to burn forever in hell.
The burning in hell part was inserted by Paul to keep people in line. It's Tartarus, from Greek mythology.
Fucking Paul again
That’s how the Episcopalians teach it.
And Adventists