help with acronyms etc

[arm82]

I am new to UR (so excited I can hardly stand it!).  Is there a list of acronyms/abbreviations in common use on this forum?  I'm having trouble understanding some posts because of the constant use of abbreviations whose meanings seem to be common knowledge.  Thanks, Jeff

[ded2daworld]

Since you said thanks Jeff, I'm going to assume you meant me.
IMO - In my opinion
ET - eternal torture/eternal death
UR - ultimate reconciliation
ED - eternal death

I can't remember using any others or seeing any others myself except for the standard stuff like LOL and the use of the emoticons above each reply.

[lomarah]

Here are a few more that I had to figure out myself lol.

IIRC - if I remember correctly
AFAIK - as far as I know

And this one has a hilarious story behind it -> TOKOGAE (tree of the knowledge of good and evil)
Sheila had written tokogae a few times in one of her posts and I assumed it was the hebrew word for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It wasn't until Cardinal put, "I love it when you speak in tongues" with a laughing face beside it that I realized, wait, that's not a diff language, that's an acronym LOL.

[ded2daworld]

I don't know if you also wanted to know what we meant by them so I'll try even tho' there might be disagreement  about the exactness.
In my opinion is used with posts to remind us that we are not debating. This is a discussion forum and without the IMO, some forum participants come off as sounding like they have a corner on what God meant to say. That doesn't make for discussion/conversation but turns people off/angry.

Eternal torture/ eternal torment - This is a belief held by the majority of professing Christians that God loves us but ONLY if we choose to trust in the shed blood of Jesus on the cross to cover our sins. This MUST be done before one dies or it will be Eternal torment/torture reserved for that individual.

Eternal death - this belief held by relatively few "professing" christians but by a majority of atheists is that if one does not trust in the shed blood of Jesus on the cross to cover our sins in this lifetime that when we die, we will be simply erased and go out of existence forever. The christians that believe this usually believe that there is also some kind of torment/torture before non-existance comes to pass.

Ultimate reconciliation - is the belief held by a minority of "professing" christians that the scriptures confirm our God is a God of love, justice, and mercy and that the shed blood of Christ covers ALL the sins of the whole world. Most people will not be saved in this lifetime though we are instructed to pray for the salvation of all men because God says it IS his will that ALL be saved. We believe that eventually, ultimately, all people will be reconciled to God and God will be ALL - in ALL as the scripture states. There will be varying degrees of temporary punishment because God is not mocked.
This is "corrective punishment"  as never ending or eternal punishment serves no purpose. Finite sinful man cannot be punished infintely.

Well those IMO are the basics. There is no way I could cover every aspect of each as whole books are devoted to this. Books on each one of the three positions so this is a very brief explanation.

Possibly the best book explaining the scriptural reasons for UR is free online at:
http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/

If you have a kindle the book may be downloaded for free to your kindle at:
http://www.amazon.com/Hope-Beyond-Hell-Gerard-Beauchemin/dp/0977279308

[eaglesway]

Hope Beyond Hell is, IMO the best/clearest book on UR and debunking ET and ED, LOL, TY,  sincerely EW, SYL





www.hell-is-a-myth.webs.com

[lomarah]