Hell is not a Bible teaching

I was very clear that the travelers to the core and what they reported to have heard was discarded due to speculation of falsehood by people who didn't even care to meet them. There is no evidence that suggests the meeting failing to exist between the scientiests and the signapore scientiests was the fault of the travelers and not the fault of the speculators easy dismissal of the findings. Again, this point wasn't the ENTIRE point, just a supporting idea. You use Jonah comparing being in the belly of a fish as SHEOL, which is funny that you would use that verse to automatically claim a general standard of symbolism for the entire hell references. This is funny because some would say Jonah being stuck in the belly of the fish was actually the symbolic portion of the text and not the reference made to Hell. It is great that you were able to look up the origins of words, but none of your origin based philosophy disproves the lake of fire's existence. It's simply word play. However, if you want further points to be made for the existence of the lake of fire, here:You say verses like "death was cast into the lake of fire" is symbolic due to deaths immaterial nature, I would say that your logic is simplistic at best. Jesus said I give you life. In order to receive life we must take it. But how then could we "take" life using your logic, this too is a symbolic verse. What is it symbolic for? I guess life would mean eternal existence, happiness joy, the pleasure of heaven, and what ever else he has instore for us, but we will still be ALIVE, which is the material nature of the word life, just not being dead. Therefore, "Death being cast into hell" means that anyone who chose not to come to Jesus and accept the gift of life, because notice that is exactly what life is, a gift that can only come from Jesus (remember, we are arguing about what the BIBLE says and not our own belief systems or opinions on the text itself. It states clear as day Jesus gives life, and no one can go to the father except through him, and any who is not for Jesus is against Jesus) Therefore, if we CHOOSE LIFE and GO WHERE IT GOES....Why then would those who do not choose Jesus/life not GO WHERE DEATH GOES? This is the biblical explanation that can be found by any coherent reader of the text. Those who choose life FOLLOW LIFE INTO HEAVEN and those who CHOOSE DEATH FOLLOW DEATH INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE....OKAY So it is abundandly clear that those who do not choose life but choose death do not go where life goes... it seems the problem here is you believing that Hell is a literal place. It seems perhaps you think that we just sleep forever or remain in our caasket with our dead corpse? I find it hard to argue with someone who hasn't given their idea of hell or rather or not they even believe in one. I think saying you DON'T believe in one, however, would be contradictory to your arguments that you've made against the "lake of fire" but not hell itsself. Another example: "you said DEATH CAN NOT BE "THROWN" ANYWHERE (because of it's immaterial nature), and so this means the verse saying death is thrown in hell is symbolic and therefore hell is not a real place in the verse. Look at this verse: John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. In this verse it states clearly that we "pass from death unto life"... This would insinuate that we are " in death".... if we connect our "symbolic dots" we will see that death is thrown into hell, and we are all IN DEATH until we hear and believe and pass out of death and into life by believing in God/Jesus. Therefore, if Death is cast into hell, and we are "IN DEATH" then we would be "IN HELL" unless we were "IN JESUS"....I'll leave you with a few verses:Mat 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fireJob 18 describes, " the place of him that knoweth not God" (vs 21), as, "brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation." (vs 15) Psalm 11:5 says of the wicked, "fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup." The wrath of God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with "brimstone and fire." (Genesis 19:24) The demonic locusts from the bottomless pit of Revelation 9:17 issued "out of their mouths fire and smoke and brimstone.revelation 21:8, again describes eternal damnation as "the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone."HOWEVER, You do appear to be right that Hell was not directly mentioned in the original bible... but it is directly mentioned in all the new editions.Remember this verse then, as I shift a little hear:"God has given us the power of life and death, and that power is in the tongue" " Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof" James 3:5 Verse Concepts So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com... He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com...The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com...