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You know what, Dave? You're alright. This was actually the exact same "interpretation" of hell that I came up with, after all my years believing in the traditional sulphurous hot lakes (Iceland?), gnashing-of-teeth (I do that at night), eternal separation from God definition of hell. (That's the one I stopped believing in.)

But, consulting with many other Christians and reading up quite a bit, my interpretation of hell (same as yours) wasn't terribly doctrinal. I still "believe" in that one (hell for the living, as a result of all the hurt we cause ourselves and each other), but instead call it "karma" because that simply makes more sense. Buddhism is good for those kinds of concepts.

So, Infinite Loser, how about the question that started this thread (in the subject)? I'm interested if you agree with all my pontificating about it thus far, from a Christian perspective (which is not my own).

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