I was talking to another TI, who mentioned Hell and wishing all perps were to go there, I too wish that if we had a hell, but being an atheist if one does not believe in heaven then that negates hell as well, for without god one cannot have the devil..
I believe much of what we consider sins,,, are our most basic instincts that OPPOSE a structured society. In other words to murder you neighbor , or steal from your neighbor is not something that would promote peace or a structured peaceful society. Those actions promote chaos and the opposite of a structured peaceful society.
I was reading The New Testament at one time A revision of the Challoner-Rheims version.. it states on page 14,
"Raca' shall be liable to sanhendrin and whoever says thou Fool!' shall be liable to the fire of Gehenna."
The footnote explains,,, Raca' means empty headed. Fool' seems to denote a rebel against god. Gehenna; originally the "Valley of Hinnom, where the bodies of criminals were burnt after execution of sentence.
In the New Testement the name is usually applied to hell.
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