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Ramblinman (no login)
Posted Mar 31, 2009 4:28 PM
Bornude,
My remarks about Hell and salvation were not in response to your original post, but were addressed to the subsequent post and to a lesser extent previous posts on this forum. I hope I made it clear that my disagreement is not with you, at least not on that issue.
You asked, "So, you are going to base your doctrine of hell on a parable?"
Yes, this passage is one of many that explain the tragic reality of Hell, the eternal destination for those who reject Christ or Moses and the Prophets for that matter.
The text does not demand that the rich man in the parable refer to a specific individual, but if Jesus taught this parable or any parable with no intention of teaching us about salvation, Hell, etc, then we can only assume that the Bible was written for entertainment value and not for our instruction.
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