Analysis of Arguments Against the Immortality of the Soul

Analysis of Arguments Against the Immortality of the Soul

Aleksandar Trajkovski

Will the God of love cast people into hell - eternal torment? "NO !!!" - many exclaims. "We do not believe in such a God! Our God will not torment anyone in hell (or at least not forever)! "They teach that after death a person comes to a state of deep sleep or ceases to exist. Others claim that the Bible clearly speaks of hell, a place of eternal torment, prepared by God for those who do not want to obey Him. Which is correct? Will God cast sinners into hell to be tormented forever, or will He simply erase them so that they no longer exist? In other words, did Jesus come into the world to be born, to live, to be martyred and killed, and resurrected on the third day, to save us from physical death and deep sleep, or eternal hell?

The Church always believed in the existence of eternal hell, but some rejected this truth.¹ Among them are Jehovah's Witnesses and Adventists, but also an increasing number of preachers and theologians from other churches. We wonder why some believe in hell and others don't? In this book you will find the answer to this question and understand which view is correct.²

Infinite Punishment for Finite Sin

Infinite Punishment for Finite Sin

by Aleksandar Trajkovski

In this post I will write about infinite punishment for finite sin. The term finite expresses the opposite of the infinite. Finite is the time-bound one. The question, then, is how can God punish with eternal punishment people who have sinned for only a few years: ten, fifty or even a hundred? They have been sinning for, let's say, fifty years and now they have to suffer for all eternity. Is that fair? This is not only a question but an argument, although very weak.

Response to this argument is very simple. First, the penalty for violating any law is not measured by the time it took for the offense to be committed. For example, a murderer needs a second to kill a man, but he will spend years in prison. Imagine him telling a judge that a verdict is not fair. He needed a second to kill, and the judge sentenced him to fifteen years. Is this a valid objection? Of course not. The length of the sentence has nothing to do with the time it took to commit the crime.