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Libby Anne recently noted one of the problems with concepts of heaven and hell. How can the eternal torment of others not impact the bliss of those in heaven? Apparently the answer some readily offer to this conundrum is that those in heaven will be so transformed that they will be unconcerned about the torment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":22555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[3160,4476,4510,11521],"class_list":["post-22503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eschatology-theology","tag-eternal-torment","tag-heaven","tag-hell","tag-sociopaths"],"yoast_head":"\n
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