Refuting Hell

Since this writer is dismissing

the concept of Satan

as I understand it is generally

accepted by Christendom,

it would necessarily follow

That the concern of Hell

should be dealt with also.

as well.

After many years

of being fully apprised

of the various perspectives on the subject

and after very careful and deliberate consideration

of the subject,

I can confidently conclude

that the dogma

of Hell, i.e. burning

for eternity under

the oversight of Satan,

is completely pagan

in its origin,

and wholly

unsubstantiated

by the Bible.

Like many other damnable heresies

it was introduced and assimilated

into Christianity

by the Roman Church.

The modern English word

“Hell”

is derived from Old English

hel, helle

(about 725 AD to refer to

a nether world of the dead)

reaching into the

Anglo-Saxon pagan period,

and ultimately from

Proto-Germanic *halja,

meaning

"one who covers up

or hides something".

The word has cognates in related

Germanic languages

such as

Old Frisian :helle, hille,

Old Saxon :hellja,

Middle Dutch : helle (modern Dutch hel),

Old High German : helle (Modern German Holle), Norwegian and Swedish : helvete

(hel + Old Norse vitti, "punishment"),

and Gothic : halja.

Subsequently, the word was used

to transfer a pagan concept

to Christian theology

and its vocabulary..."

(Barnhart, Robert K. (1995)

The Barnhart Concise Dictionary

of Etymology, page 348.

Harper Collins ISBN 0062700847,).

As I understand it,

The word Hebrew translated into hell

Is the word sheol,

Which means: “pit” or “grave.”

I hold with

the Jehovah’s witnesses’

on this one.