Re: Revelation
I did get tired of being "led by the nose". The church puts blinders on us, too. I left the church a while back and have confronted "pastors" with the truth ever since. The sad reality is that some pastors KNOW the truth and refuse to preach it. They know "Christmas" is really about Mithras, "Easter" is about Ishtar, the Sabbath is supposed to be the SEVENTH day of the week, not the first...but they don't care enough to make waves.
There is a difference between churchianity and Christianity. People are waking up one by one and realizing the truth.
And regarding Hell, if you know Hebrew, you already know Hell is the grave. There are actually a lot of Christians who know the truth about the state of the dead. I personally believe if you know Yahweh at all, you know he would not torture people for eternity. There is nothing just about neverending torture. No matter what crime a man commits, death was the highest sentence allowed in God's righteous law, and I believe it still is. Throwing out the old testament has done serious damage to our understanding of God and His ways.
The problem with churchianity is that we grow up in it. If a newborn is given tainted milk from birth he will continue to drink it not knowing any better. We are like that, wondering when we get fresh milk why it isn't sour, and if it's okay that it isn't sour. Churchians like the idea of people "getting what they deserve". How sad. That isn't love, and the pagans, the unchurched, the lost...they know better.