Hell a physical place?.
ARGUMENTUM:
It seems that we should posit Hell as a physical reality
or domain beneath the Earth, or in some such place in the space/time continuum.
Let us consider this teaching of the wise.
1) Scientists have only minimal understanding of the Moho and Core,
it very well may be cavernous, perhaps like cheese. Eventhough the core may be solid, it still could be Hell.
2) Christ's teachings in scripture, as well as many things from the OT,
strongly suggest that Hell is a place of physical torture,
as well as spiritual. There are scenes were entire groups
of people are swallowed by the Earth.
It does not seem to be a metaphorical teaching.
3) In accord with the Catholic teachings on the Theology of the Body,
it would seem that since man is best suited to have a body,
and that he will be ressurrected with a new body,
and some will ressurect unto everlasting fire, as doctrine asserts.
The body is not just mere matter,
it is also integral unto spirit, hence the teachings on purity.
4) The traditions of Christiandom,
as well as many saints, affirm this teaching.
Dante, though not authoritative,
confessed that he saw souls in Hell are
awaiting to get their bodies at the ressurection,
and so their pain may be perfected. Physically accomplished
crimes are met with physical punishment.
5) Since demons are purely spiritual entities,
they torture spiritually. However, they may inhabit physical entities, like
fire, by possession.
6) Hell is not part of Eternity, although those who go there
must remain in unending torment.
Tradition teaches that it is part of creation,
a place, as it seems, originally created for the
fallen angels even before they fell.
7) The children at the vision of Fatima in 1914 were shown scenes of
Hell when the Virgin Mary opened up the earth to show them. The
Apparitions of Fatima have been attested to by
10,000 eye witnesses.
ARGUMENTUM:
It seems that we should posit Hell as a physical reality
or domain beneath the Earth, or in some such place in the space/time continuum.
Let us consider this teaching of the wise.
1) Scientists have only minimal understanding of the Moho and Core,
it very well may be cavernous, perhaps like cheese. Eventhough the core may be solid, it still could be Hell.
2) Christ's teachings in scripture, as well as many things from the OT,
strongly suggest that Hell is a place of physical torture,
as well as spiritual. There are scenes were entire groups
of people are swallowed by the Earth.
It does not seem to be a metaphorical teaching.
3) In accord with the Catholic teachings on the Theology of the Body,
it would seem that since man is best suited to have a body,
and that he will be ressurrected with a new body,
and some will ressurect unto everlasting fire, as doctrine asserts.
The body is not just mere matter,
it is also integral unto spirit, hence the teachings on purity.
4) The traditions of Christiandom,
as well as many saints, affirm this teaching.
Dante, though not authoritative,
confessed that he saw souls in Hell are
awaiting to get their bodies at the ressurection,
and so their pain may be perfected. Physically accomplished
crimes are met with physical punishment.
5) Since demons are purely spiritual entities,
they torture spiritually. However, they may inhabit physical entities, like
fire, by possession.
6) Hell is not part of Eternity, although those who go there
must remain in unending torment.
Tradition teaches that it is part of creation,
a place, as it seems, originally created for the
fallen angels even before they fell.
7) The children at the vision of Fatima in 1914 were shown scenes of
Hell when the Virgin Mary opened up the earth to show them. The
Apparitions of Fatima have been attested to by
10,000 eye witnesses.
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