PROTESTANTS CATCHING UP: THE ETERNITY OF HELL, KIRK CAMERON, AND RUSLAN

PROTESTANTS CATCHING UP: THE ETERNITY OF HELL, KIRK CAMERON, AND RUSLAN


I watched the entire video from Kirk Cameron and commented on it a few days ago. I thought maybe Ruslan added some further substance here. Not really. He's a bit more forgiving to Cameron than more academic or more traditional Protestant thought leaders have been towards Cameron. 

Cameron and Ruslan appear to agree here that the details of the "eternity" of hell is a "non-essential" doctrine or non-essential component of the essential doctrine of hell, that is, either it means "eternal conscious torment" or the finality and eternity of the outcome of annihilation of the soul after a proportionate punishment in hell, then the "second death".

Honestly, it's really entertaining and cute to observe Protestants engaging in stimulating and exciting "new" discussions on topics that the Catholic Church has been been debating and concluding on for almost 2000 years. I'm amused to hear Cameron talking about the writings of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd century Christians on Hell, allegedly backing the annihilationist view. Wait til he reads what they wrote about:

The Eucharist 
The primacy of the bishop or Rome
Mary
Prayers to Saints
The oneness of the true Church
Purgatory
The priesthood 
Etc.

Then Cameron cites the Apostles and Nicene Creeds. Did he miss the part that goes, "I believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic Church"?

The point was made that the eternity of hell is not mentioned in the creeds, implying that it must not be an essential doctrine. 

You know what else is not in the Apostles Creed or the Nicene Creed? 

The nature of the Trinity 
The Canon of scripture 
Neither of the twin causes of the Reformation, the doctrines of faith alone (Sola fide), and scripture alone (Scripture alone), the bedrock foundation of the Protestant revolt against the Catholic Church 
The nature of predestination 
The nature of free will, or if there is any in humans

Let's pray that Cameron, and Ruslan, one day, realize the truth that has been staring at them in the face for quite some time. Christ founded one Church, the Church that has the authority to teach, with the authority that Christ gave Peter when he was still on earth in Matthew 16:18-19, 18:18.

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