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[–] hglman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There is no hell, and that is the problem; those fighting believe in it.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

This isn't a religious war. Even Hamas rewrote their charter in 2017 to specify that their resistance is against the Israeli state and not Judaism, and ended their relationship with the muslim brotherhood.

Sure many are religious and fundamentalists, but the majority Palestinian resistance is resisting because of colonialism and apartheid, not because a cleric has demanded it holy to do so.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As a Jew, I'd like you to know we don't have the concept of hell.

The afterlife is pretty simple, if you lived as a good Jew (they aren't) you live with God. If you live as a bad Jew, you live without God. That's really about it.

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's the Christian heaven and hell as I understand them too. From when I was being taught from someone who had studied the scripture, as a theologian, in an intense historical and philosophical way said the only canon Christians have on hell is that it is living without god. A lot of the imagery of Christian hell is about as biblically supported as Santa Claus. I could be wrong but that man knew more about Every Abrahamic religion than anyone id ever conversed with, and plenty of non Abrahamic ones too.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting I actually didn't know that. One of the unfortunate parts of growing up with a bible thumper Christian step mom is you don't actually learn the bible, you get told bullshit that isn't true.

[–] Apollo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Hell was straight up stolen from the norse mythology, they kept the name and everything.