Abraham, Moses, David, and all the rest of the peoples of the Old Testament only knew one place where all people went, good or bad . . . Sheol, the grave, the place of the departed.
It would seem that if, according to Christendom's doctrines, 90% or more of mankind will end up in eternal torment that the gates of hell will prevail, and mightily!
Most translations that mention it at all, mention it only 12 to 14 times, the King James being the King of Hell mentioning only it 22 times in the New Testament, not even once per book!
n 1851 the American Bible Society compared six different editions of the King James Bible and discovered over 24,000 variations between the editions of the same Bible translation!
The doctrines of fear and demons entered the church in full force when Constantine made Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. When the political system of Rome merged with the heirarchial structure of the church, the death knoll sounded. The church became full of unconverted pagans who brought their pagan ideas with them. The church absorbed them and it died. Dark ages. . millions of people killed in the name of Christ. Fear and the doctrines of fear and of demons again controlled the world. The pagan doctrine of eternal torment was added to the Latin Vulgate.
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