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   Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:11:52 -0500   
   <3f6uhk55ta73bonnm4lh7muvuvronsuru1@4ax.com>   
   "Sincerely", "soley from the Bible" and   
   "Honestly is my middle name"   
   James  wrote:   
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   >>    • He also said of Judas, “It would have been better for that man if   
   >>       he had not been born” (Matthew 26:24, ESV).   
      
   > Betrayal of the Son of God is no small thing.   
      
   You have no answer for the fact that it will be "more tolerable" for   
   Sodom and Gomorrah than Capernaum, and therefore that the punishment   
   cannot be non-existence.   
      
   You have no answer for the fact that it would have been better for Judas   
   to not have been born than what he was about to experience. Non   
   existence is not worse than not being born. They are functionally   
   equivalent. Therefore, non-existence does not fit the kind of judgment   
   Judas and Capernaum would experience. Eternal, conscious torment does.   
      
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   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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