this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
925 points (97.1% liked)
Atheist Memes
5587 readers
1 users here now
About
A community for the most based memes from atheists, agnostics, antitheists, and skeptics.
Rules
-
No Pro-Religious or Anti-Atheist Content.
-
No Unrelated Content. All posts must be memes related to the topic of atheism and/or religion.
-
No bigotry.
-
Attack ideas not people.
-
Spammers and trolls will be instantly banned no exceptions.
-
No False Reporting
-
NSFW posts must be marked as such.
Resources
International Suicide Hotlines
Non Religious Organizations
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Ex-theist Communities
Other Similar Communities
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I didn't save it and I wish I had. Someone did find a novel in Aramaic that mentions an idea of hell not far from the Christian idea. So to be pedantic it is found in Jewish writings but only once. It's possible it got picked up or it is possible that it was just coincidence and got imported from Greek thought, like most of the NT concepts. Also worth mentioning that most Jews at the time didn't believe in an afterlife and the ones that did had a very vague idea of it. This is why Paul seems to think that Jesus is the first person who has an actual afterlife.
Spot on. In Jewish thought (including Paul’s writings) there are three “heavens”. First, the sky. Second, the cosmos. Third, the dwelling place of YHWH. None of those are meant to be the a destination for any kind of human afterlife.
-Hipster Jesus