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Hell

2021-11-21T19:00:59Z

JeremyFan: Nevermind, after some consideration I don't think this should be here.

[[Image:Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hell.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Hell'', painted by [[Hieronymus Bosch]], part of ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''.]]
'''Hell''' is [[infinity|infinite]] distress.

In the English translation of the [[Bible]]'s [[Old Testament]], the word '''Hell''' normally corresponds to the [[Hebrew]] ''sheol'', which was simply the place of the dead. But in the [[Greek language|Greek]] [[New Testament]] the word used is either ''Gehenna'' (the garbage dump outside the walls of Jerusalem where fires were kept eternally burning to consume the refuse and keep down the stench) or ''Hades'', the [[Greek mythology|Greek]]s' dark, gloomy underworld. The modern English word appears to derive most directly from "Hel", goddess of the dead in Germanic/[[Norse mythology]]. When the [[Anglo-Saxons]] later embraced [[Christianity]], the existing word in the language was reused in the new Christian concepts.

According to [[G. K. Chesterton]], Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous quotes by Gilbert Keith Chesterton |author=Gilbert Keith Chesterton |publisher=Quotes.net |url=http://www.quotes.net/authors/Gilbert+Keith+Chesterton |quote=Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.}}</ref> To Christians, Hell is a place where the souls of the wicked are punished eternally for all the [[sins]] they perpetrated during their lifetime on Earth. Since all have sinned (Rom 3:23), Hell can not be avoided on one's own merits, but through the love gift of [[Jesus]] one can know, love, and serve [[God]] and share eternity with Him in [[Heaven]].

Christian and [[Muslim]] religious traditions often emphasize the ''Gehenna'' aspect: Hell is extremely hot and filled with fire and [[brimstone]]. Opinion varies on the question of whether, while Hell itself is eternal, experience of it purges away the sins of sufferers to the point of eventual redemption. See [[purgatory]]. A minority of Christians do not believe in an eternal Hell as punishment, believing instead that the souls of the wicked are annihilated. This view, which is directly contradicted by Scripture, is referred to as [[Annihilationism]]. Other deniers of Scripture question whether Hell has a literal burning fire, or it is merely separation from God and therefore has the same torment as if there were a burning fire. This view has been supported by writers such as [[J.P. Moreland]], although the Bible clearly contradicts this view and other symbolic interpretations of Hell. In truth, Hell is a real, spiritual place where God is absent and the wicked are punished for their sins.

== Hell in the Bible ==

Although Hell is a focus and a concern in Christian theology, the Bible has an even greater focus. In the [[King James Version]] the word Hell is mentioned 54 times, but [[Heaven]] is mentioned 551 times.

* [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 13:41-42 - ''The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'''

* Matthew 25:41 - ''Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.''

* Matthew 25:46 - ''And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.''

* [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 9:43 - ''And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.''

* 2 Thes 1:7-8 - ''And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.''

* [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 20:10 - ''And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.''

* Revelation 20:14-15 - ''And death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.''

== Atheism and Hell ==
[[File:Damned souls going to hell.jpg|thumbnail|260px|right|Last Judgment by Johann Georg Unruhe - Damned souls going to [[Hell]].]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and Hell]] and [[Atheism and death]]

[[Atheism|Atheists]] often disagree with the [[Christianity|Christian]] belief of eternal punishment in Hell, yet they never explain how justice is accomplished relative to evildoers who escape punishment on earth (see: [[Atheism and justice]]). And rather than [[repentance|repent]] and accept the [[gospel]] message, they engage in [[denial]]ism about their [[sin]] and attempt to suppress the truth of [[God]]'s existence. See also: [[Atheism and hatred of God]]

The Christian evangelist [[Ray Comfort]] often gives atheists the [https://www.livingwaters.com/are-you-a-good-person/ good person test] in order to assist atheists in recognizing their sinful nature.

=== The journalist and ex-atheist Peter Hitchens and fear of hell ===

The journalist and [[ex-atheists|ex-atheist]] [[Peter Hitchens]], who is the brother of the late atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]], said upon seeing an art exhibit of [[Michelangelo]]'s painting ''The Last Judgment'' he came to the realization that he might be judged which startled him.<ref>[http://vimeo.com/10354237 Interview of Peter Hitchens] - Video at Vimeo</ref> This started a train of thought within Peter Hichens that eventually led him to become a [[Christian]].<ref>[http://vimeo.com/10354237 Interview of Peter Hitchens] - Video at Vimeo</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Dante's Inferno]]
* [[Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?|What percentage of people go to Hell?]]
* [[Mystery:Why would a loving God send people to hell for eternity?|Why would a loving God send people to hell for eternity?]]
* [[Degrees of punishment in hell]]
* [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]

==External links==
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/ The Gates of Hell: Assault on the Enemy Kingdom]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Abrahamic Religions]]

Troll

2021-11-21T18:58:57Z

JeremyFan: I found this translation to be more common among bible translations.

The term '''internet troll''' refers to someone who acts in a way to disrupt or disparage others, often to attract attention to the troll. As a verb, it means commenting in an unproductive way to spark a reaction. Trolls are commonplace on any website open for comment by the public, and studies have even been done about how unhappy trolls are themselves. Trolling can also be online bullying, or cyberbullying.

[[Jesus]] explains the existence of trolls in the [[parable]] of the tares in Matthew 13:24-30, specifically [[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)#13:25|verse 25]]: '''''"But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weed in the middle of the wheat, and then left."'''''

Some entire websites such as [[Reddit]] and comment sections on newspapers serve as flypaper for trolls, attracting and keeping them away from littering more productive sites on the internet. Another example is [[Twitter]], which has become an echo chamber for leftists who lack the ability to spend time productively and instead recycle agitprop over and over.

==Internet trolls==
''See also:'' [[Atheist trolls]] and [[Atheism and humor#Individuals trolling atheists and atheist trolls|Individuals trolling atheists]]

A troll, in [[Internet]] parlance, is an entity or character that purposely disrupts a conversation via discussion [[forum]] or [[email]], a comment thread on a [[blog]], or another sort of website. For example, on [[Wiki]]s, users who purposely make disruptive edits are considered trolls. Many people consider this type of activity to be merely childish, while others consider it symptomatic of deviant minds of opposition whereby infiltration by deceit is normal practice. Trolls pretend to be of common thinking, at the same time plotting anti-social crimes. The troll can otherwise be known as a [[frenemy]] or as a [[hoax plant]] lurking for an opportunity to create trouble.

The term originated in the early 1990s, an abbreviation of the term "trolling for suckers" (trolling being an angling technique to seek fish). An [[Internet]] troll will lock their target, bait the line and spread the net to catch their goal (unwitting victim). Sites such as [[YouTube]], [[Yahoo!]] and the Internet Movie Database (prior to the latter's shutdown of its message boards on February 20, 2017) are known for their lax (laid back) and sometimes negative enforcement of community guidelines on their forums and comment sections. The effects of trolling on children who use the internet have been linked to a number of well documented suicides among youth in years past.

The reason most trolls act the way they do online is because they either have nothing better to do, suffer from low self-esteem as a result of a number of factors, or are anonymous children who have been, or are being [[bullying|bullied]] in real life and turn to the Internet to vent their anger. Many users have been banned from web forums or social networking sites as a result of using foul language or abusive replies to defend themselves against trolls, mostly due to corrupt and one-sided web masters. This is the basis that most trolls operate on. Luring their victims in, getting them stirred up, and then using their reactions against them and pretending that the victim is the bad guy. Anybody who expresses their viewpoints freely and/or touches on divisive and/or sensitive issues is a potential target for trolls.

Trolling is a common weapon used against conservative speech in feeble attempts at silencing them. Most trolls are kids between the ages of 10 and 16 who have no other agenda than amusing themselves with other people's frustration, who show up to get into mischief and stir up trouble on comment sites and on wikis because they most often are not being supervised online by their parents.<ref>[https://www.csoonline.com/article/2225579/most-parents-allow-unsupervised-internet-access-to-children-at-age-8.html Most parents allow unsupervised internet access to children at age 8]</ref> Such trolls often venture to the comment sections of conservative news sites to [[gloating|gloat]] obnoxiously whenever misfortune or reversals get dealt to conservative individuals or groups in the public eye, delighting in the trouble they cause when they gleefully and immaturely mock and ridicule said entities.

Some of the more outrageous trolls who show up on comment sections of websites have been known to use multiple accounts dishonestly to pretend more "support" for their viewpoints than they really have,<ref>[https://blog.f-secure.com/how-to-deal-with-trolling-bots-and-fake-accounts/ How to deal with trolling, bots and fake accounts?]</ref> and they also often tend to show their age, mentality and lack of intelligence by posting comments containing vulgar and foul language, acting contrary to reality and the truth and acting in an immature, childish and narcissistic manner to provoke anger and reactions from the targeted and other commenters; such comments by those trolls, if made against the same people they target face-to-face and not online from behind the safety of their keyboards, would not be tolerated by the troll's victims and would not end well for the troll.

===Do not feed the trolls===
'''Do Not Feed the Troll''', or '''DNFT''' is a common internet term for ignoring trolls, and allowing them to become bored. The same tactic can be used on liberals and atheists, for different reasons. Generally, it is seen as the best way to deal with trolls. The key motive behind trolling is to cause a reaction. Trolls do not care how well reasoned your argument is, they simply want you to react. By failing to give them a response, they will get bored, and leave.

==Biblical advice in dealing with trolls==
[[Matthew 1-9 (Translated)#7:6|Matthew 7:6]]:
{{cquote|Stop giving holy things to the dogs, and throwing your pearls in front of pigs, if you don't want them to trample them underfoot, and turn against you and tear you apart.}}

[[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)#15:13|Matthew 15:13-14]]:
{{cquote|"Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be torn up by its roots. Let them be. They are the blind leading the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch."}}

(see also: [[Proverbs]] 1:15-19)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201409/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists], ''Psychology Today''
*[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=troll Troll]—Dictionary definition
*[http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/troll.htm Beware The Troll]
*[http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/troll-tactics.html Recognising and Dealing with Trolls]
*[http://www.alternet.org/media/why-online-comments-are-so-toxic?ak_proof=1&akid=9147.47561.Ez0FIj&rd=1&src=newsletter683851&t=3&paging=off Why Online Comments Are So Toxic]

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[[Category:Internet Slang]]
[[Category:Deceit]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
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[[Category:Norse Mythology]]

Boy Scouts

2021-11-21T18:56:37Z

JeremyFan: I thought this trivia was pretty interesting, so I decided to add it to the page. Remove if not necessary

The '''Boy Scouts''' began in 1908 in Britain, where Lieutenant-General [[Robert Baden-Powell|Sir Robert Baden-Powell]], a hero of the [[Boer War]]s, founded the Boy Scouts. It reflected the spirit of scientific [[efficiency]] promoted by the [[Progressive Movement]]. The [[Boy Scouts of America]] was founded in 1910, as a copy of the British model.

Today the Scout Movement is the largest voluntary youth group in the world. Its membership exceeds 28 million, counting boys and girls. Most (95 of 155 National Scout Organizations) are now mixed at at least some ages. Around ~3% of Scouts around the world are named Jeremy, due to the popularity of the name in certain areas.

==Beginnings==
===Baden-Powell===
Baden-Powell wrote in a pamphlet "Scouting & Christianity" (1917): "Scouting is nothing less than applied Christianity." Since then, various Scouting Organizations have been founded for members of other religions, or which are not specific to any religion.

In designing the Scouting program, Baden-Powell drew ideas from the Japanese warrior's code or "[[bushido]]", on the Victorian "ragged schools" movement, and the educational methods of Montessori. His ''Scouting for Boys'' (1st ed. 1908) synthesizes Zulu war-cry and Sherlock Holmes; it is full of practical tips on health and hygiene and object lessons in woodcraft.

Alongside practical instructions on how to light fires, build a boat, or stalk wild animals, it includes sections on chivalry, self-discipline, self-improvement, and citizenship. The book overflows with Baden-Powell's philosophy of life, one that replaces self with service, puts country before the individual, and duty above all.

The ''Handbook ''is the original blueprint and inspiration for the Boy Scout Movement, and as a best-seller in the British Empire was second in its day only to the Bible.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0192805479&id=LdtVxcFpWFQC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&ots=j1TxsQhuis&dq=baden-powell+scouting+bushido&sig=6nhFG3I_TD7AB0mP7lzSHebCT7c#PPA44,M1 Baden-Powell, ''Scouting for Boys"]</ref><ref>[http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-bp.htm Robert Baden-Powell as an Educational Innovator]</ref>

Although himself an army general, he successfully excluded militarism from scouting in Britain and most countries. The basis of Baden-Powell's emphasis on the individualistic development of skills of observation, tracking, map-reading, camping, pioneering, self-reliance, and self-improvement stemmed from his earlier enthusiastic attempts to transform the cavalry into a reconnaissance organization of scouts rather than lancers. Only the elements of the Army which emphasized the values of duty, skills and honor were incorporated. He addeed the educational strain which emphasized individual character development and child-centered learning by doing. Furthermore, he brought in the religious dimension which emphasized public service and appreciation of nature produced a balance which withstood challenges and provided an acceptable voluntary alternative to compulsory national training and service.<ref>Allen Warren, "Sir Robert Baden-Powell, The Scout Movement and Citizen Training in Great Britain," ''English Historical Review'' 1986 101(399): 376-398; Martin Dedman, "Baden-Powell, Militarism, and the 'Invisible Contributors' to the Boy Scout Scheme, 1904-1920," ''Twentieth Century British History'' 1993 4(3): 201-223</ref>

==Scouting around the world==
===United States of America===
''See [[Boy Scouts of America]]''
===France===
The Catholic Church eagerly cooperated with the scouting movement in many countries, including the United States. In France the Catholic scouting movement emphasized social usefulness. Scouting tended to produce elites and, in the case of religious-based movements, implant moral rigor and attachment to internalized values from an early age. The French scout movement tried to educate the sons of the middle class to take their place as the social, military, and colonial elite by inculcating a particular set of heirarchical conservative values within a total educational schema. The idea was to redirect the sexual, aggressive, and religious instincts and energies of boys into total control of their imagination through a series of games and outdoor activities. Ignoring the working class, this elitist pedagogy was intended to instil a religious, patriotic, and militaristic ethic through which boys would follow their chief and which would constitute their entire being.<ref>Philippe Laneyrie, "Quarante Ans de Scoutisme Catholique en Region Stephanoise (1925-1965): Modalites D'implantation et Role Social," ("40 years of Catholic scouting in the Saint-Etienne area, 1925-65: patterns of implantation and social role") ''Cahiers d'Histoire'' 1989 34(2): 135-159</ref>
===Eastern Europe===
The norms, rules, and educational methods used in the Polish Scouts' Association between 1919 and 1939, stressed national and patriotic values, absent from the original Baden-Powell model.

In Hungary by 1919 the scouting movement had fewer than 2,000 members. Politicians, church leaders, and the military tried to secure and control the leadership of the organization. Constant disagreement among the leaders on all relevant points brought the scouts to disarray; no individual was able to decide whether religion, education, character building, leadership, nationalistic militarism, patriotism, or political orientation was the eventual aim to be followed. The boys, aged 8–15, were unaware of this disharmony and enjoyed scouting and the benefits offered by the movement.

===China===
The [[Kuomintang]] party (or KMT, led by [[Chiang Kai-shek]]) used scouring in the Nanjing decade (1927–37) to promote civic duty and citizenship. The KMT sought to modernize China and build a base of dedicated citizens throughout the large nation. The obstacle was traditionalism in the villages, and it hoped scouting could help transform the younger generation, creating a cadre of citizens committed to serving the nation and party. Throughout this period, Boy Scout citizenship training combined moral cultivation, political indoctrination, and military drills, with lessons in etiquette, hygiene, and practical skills. These multiple dimensions of civic training were, however, fraught with fundamental internal tensions. For example, scouts were taught forms of etiquette characteristic of urban elite society while also learning practical skills needed by modernizing youth such as cooking, cleaning, and washing. Scouting also presented contradictory visions of the social order. Some lessons portrayed society as the product of the autonomous actions of its members, who were differentiated by their distinctive contributions. Other lessons characterized society as a homogeneous mass organized into ordered ranks by the authority of the KMT. The war with Janan (1937) and the subsequent civil war disrupted scouting; when the Communists came to power in 1949 they closed the movement down and used Red Guards to create young obedient Communist fanatics.
===India===
Scouting was highly controversial when India was part of the Empire. The modernizing Indian elites wanted it; imperial officials feared it would be too effective in creating a new class that would want to take back control of India. The movement's military-related activities were seen as beneficial for British and Eurasian youth but dangerous for Indians who might turn them to seditious purposes. Admission of Indian youth into the scout movement divided imperial public opinion. Although the colonial government vacillated in taking a stand, numerous British officials, missionaries, and others along with Indian groups organized scout troops. By 1921 the viceroy intervened and asked Boy Scouts founder Baden-Powell to amalgamate the various scouting organizations in India. His efforts ultimately failed, and in subsequent years Indian scouting groups left Baden-Powell's racially divided organization and formed what became the Bharat (India) Scouts and Guides.<ref>Carey A. Watt, "The Promise of 'Character' and the Spectre of Sedition: the Boy Scout Movement and Colonial Consternation in India, 1908-1921," ''South Asia'' 1999 22(2): 37-62,</ref>
===Japan===
In the 1910s and 1920s, the Osaka Boy Scouts were established in [[Osaka]], Japan, from an American Young Men's Christian Association ([[YMCA]]), which had close contacts with the Boy Scouts of America. The acceptance and subsequent popularity of the Boy Scouts reflected widespread Americanization of Japanese city life, although the Japanese domesticated American Boy Scouting and tried to remake it as a Japanese entity. The Boy Scouts was a part of the Progressive movement that represented various efforts responding to social problems in both Japan and the United States. It was actually included in transpacific Progressivism. In the 1930s the voluntary Boy Scout organization was forced to transform itself into a militaristic association, starting with an incident at the Osaka Boy Scouts. Exchanges with the BSA eventually stopped, yet transpacific Japanese interest in the BSA continued. Observing the US treatment of minorities in a domestic colonial situation (blacks in the South) the Boy Scouts came to be utilized as a cultural agent for supporting the Japanese empire in Eastern Asia and the South Sea Islands. In this sense, the Boy Scouts was a transpacific social movement, too.<ref>Shigeo Fujimoto, "Trans-Pacific Boy Scout Movement in the Early Twentieth Century: The Case of the Boy Scout Movement in Osaka, Japan" ''Australasian Journal of American Studies'' 2008 27(2): 29-43</ref>

==Further reading==
* Baden-Powell, R.S.S. ''Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship'' (1908), [https://books.google.com/books?id=ej0P_lyMEFkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Scouting+intitle:for+intitle:Boys+intitle:A+intitle:Handbook+intitle:for&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3 excerpt and text search]
* Springhall, John. ''Youth, Empire and Society: British Youth Movements 1883-1940'' (1977), esp, 53-70.

==References==
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[[Category:Progressive Era]]
[[Category:Boy Scouts]]

Soft drink

2021-11-21T18:54:14Z

JeremyFan: formatting error fix

[[Image:Soft drinks.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Soft drink aisle at the supermarket]]
'''Soft Drinks''' are non-alcoholic carbonated beverages, often sold in cans or bottles; in some contexts, any non-[[Alcoholic drink|alcoholic]] ("hard") drink is considered soft.

Popular styles of soft drinks include [[colas|cola]], [[lemon-lime]] sodas, [[root beer]], [[ginger ale]] and fruit-flavored drinks. For many of these, [[diet]] varieties are available as well. For varieties which are commonly [[caffeine|caffeinated]], non-caffeinated versions are sometimes available.

Drinking soft drinks (especially soda) is very popular for conservatives. In fact, most conservatives do prefer regular soda than diet, while liberals, on the other hand, are more likely to not drink soda, as they prefer more alcoholic drinks instead.<ref>http://mashable.com/2011/05/25/political-eating/#eJBSSBLgKPqa</ref>

==List of Major US Soft Drinks by Manufacturer==
A full list of soft drinks would be extremely long and impossible to keep updated. The major manufacturers have a recent tendency to frequently introduce limited-time brands; additionally, there are many minor regional brands in the US and both major and minor brands outside the US. The major US manufacturers operate internationally, and there can be variation in brand name or recipes from one country to another.

* [[The Coca-Cola Company]]<ref>http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/brands/brandlist.html</ref>
** [[Coca-Cola]] also known as [[Coke]] or [[Coca-Cola Classic]], a cola
** [[Coke II]], briefly known as [[Coca-Cola]]
** [[Diet Coke]]
** [[Barq's Root Beer]]
** [[Fresca]], a variety of fruit-flavored sodas
** [[Mr. Pibb]], a [[spiced cola]]
** [[Sprite]], a [[lemon-lime]] soda
* [[PepsiCo]]<ref>http://pepsi.com/pepsi_brands/all_brands/index.php</ref>
** [[Pepsi]], a cola
** [[Diet Pepsi]]
** [[Mountain Dew]], a [[lemon-lime]] soda
** [[Mug Root Beer]]
* [[Cadbury Schweppes]]<ref>http://www.brandspeoplelove.com/csab/Brands/tabid/54/Default.aspx</ref>
** [[Dr. Pepper]], a spiced soda
** [[7-Up]], a lemon-lime soda
** [[A&W Root Beer]]
** [[Canada Dry]] ginger ale
** [[RC Cola]]
* [[Bonk!]]
** [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]]
==Notes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beverages]]

Soft drink

2021-11-21T18:53:35Z

JeremyFan: Added more soda to the list

[[Image:Soft drinks.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Soft drink aisle at the supermarket]]
'''Soft Drinks''' are non-alcoholic carbonated beverages, often sold in cans or bottles; in some contexts, any non-[[Alcoholic drink|alcoholic]] ("hard") drink is considered soft.

Popular styles of soft drinks include [[colas|cola]], [[lemon-lime]] sodas, [[root beer]], [[ginger ale]] and fruit-flavored drinks. For many of these, [[diet]] varieties are available as well. For varieties which are commonly [[caffeine|caffeinated]], non-caffeinated versions are sometimes available.

Drinking soft drinks (especially soda) is very popular for conservatives. In fact, most conservatives do prefer regular soda than diet, while liberals, on the other hand, are more likely to not drink soda, as they prefer more alcoholic drinks instead.<ref>http://mashable.com/2011/05/25/political-eating/#eJBSSBLgKPqa</ref>

==List of Major US Soft Drinks by Manufacturer==
A full list of soft drinks would be extremely long and impossible to keep updated. The major manufacturers have a recent tendency to frequently introduce limited-time brands; additionally, there are many minor regional brands in the US and both major and minor brands outside the US. The major US manufacturers operate internationally, and there can be variation in brand name or recipes from one country to another.

* [[The Coca-Cola Company]]<ref>http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/brands/brandlist.html</ref>
** [[Coca-Cola]] also known as [[Coke]] or [[Coca-Cola Classic]], a cola
** [[Coke II]], briefly known as [[Coca-Cola]]
** [[Diet Coke]]
** [[Barq's Root Beer]]
** [[Fresca]], a variety of fruit-flavored sodas
** [[Mr. Pibb]], a [[spiced cola]]
** [[Sprite]], a [[lemon-lime]] soda
* [[PepsiCo]]<ref>http://pepsi.com/pepsi_brands/all_brands/index.php</ref>
** [[Pepsi]], a cola
** [[Diet Pepsi]]
** [[Mountain Dew]], a [[lemon-lime]] soda
** [[Mug Root Beer]]
* [[Cadbury Schweppes]]<ref>http://www.brandspeoplelove.com/csab/Brands/tabid/54/Default.aspx</ref>
** [[Dr. Pepper]], a spiced soda
** [[7-Up]], a lemon-lime soda
** [[A&W Root Beer]]
** [[Canada Dry]] ginger ale
** [[RC Cola]]
** [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]]
==Notes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beverages]]

Hell

2021-11-21T18:51:51Z

JeremyFan: Added more content to the see also

[[Image:Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hell.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Hell'', painted by [[Hieronymus Bosch]], part of ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''.]]
'''Hell''' is [[infinity|infinite]] distress.

In the English translation of the [[Bible]]'s [[Old Testament]], the word '''Hell''' normally corresponds to the [[Hebrew]] ''sheol'', which was simply the place of the dead. But in the [[Greek language|Greek]] [[New Testament]] the word used is either ''Gehenna'' (the garbage dump outside the walls of Jerusalem where fires were kept eternally burning to consume the refuse and keep down the stench) or ''Hades'', the [[Greek mythology|Greek]]s' dark, gloomy underworld. The modern English word appears to derive most directly from "Hel", goddess of the dead in Germanic/[[Norse mythology]]. When the [[Anglo-Saxons]] later embraced [[Christianity]], the existing word in the language was reused in the new Christian concepts.

According to [[G. K. Chesterton]], Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous quotes by Gilbert Keith Chesterton |author=Gilbert Keith Chesterton |publisher=Quotes.net |url=http://www.quotes.net/authors/Gilbert+Keith+Chesterton |quote=Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.}}</ref> To Christians, Hell is a place where the souls of the wicked are punished eternally for all the [[sins]] they perpetrated during their lifetime on Earth. Since all have sinned (Rom 3:23), Hell can not be avoided on one's own merits, but through the love gift of [[Jesus]] one can know, love, and serve [[God]] and share eternity with Him in [[Heaven]].

Christian and [[Muslim]] religious traditions often emphasize the ''Gehenna'' aspect: Hell is extremely hot and filled with fire and [[brimstone]]. Opinion varies on the question of whether, while Hell itself is eternal, experience of it purges away the sins of sufferers to the point of eventual redemption. See [[purgatory]]. A minority of Christians do not believe in an eternal Hell as punishment, believing instead that the souls of the wicked are annihilated. This view, which is directly contradicted by Scripture, is referred to as [[Annihilationism]]. Other deniers of Scripture question whether Hell has a literal burning fire, or it is merely separation from God and therefore has the same torment as if there were a burning fire. This view has been supported by writers such as [[J.P. Moreland]], although the Bible clearly contradicts this view and other symbolic interpretations of Hell. In truth, Hell is a real, spiritual place where God is absent and the wicked are punished for their sins.

== Hell in the Bible ==

Although Hell is a focus and a concern in Christian theology, the Bible has an even greater focus. In the [[King James Version]] the word Hell is mentioned 54 times, but [[Heaven]] is mentioned 551 times.

* [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 13:41-42 - ''The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'''

* Matthew 25:41 - ''Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.''

* Matthew 25:46 - ''And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.''

* [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 9:43 - ''And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.''

* 2 Thes 1:7-8 - ''And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.''

* [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 20:10 - ''And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.''

* Revelation 20:14-15 - ''And death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.''

== Atheism and Hell ==
[[File:Damned souls going to hell.jpg|thumbnail|260px|right|Last Judgment by Johann Georg Unruhe - Damned souls going to [[Hell]].]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and Hell]] and [[Atheism and death]]

[[Atheism|Atheists]] often disagree with the [[Christianity|Christian]] belief of eternal punishment in Hell, yet they never explain how justice is accomplished relative to evildoers who escape punishment on earth (see: [[Atheism and justice]]). And rather than [[repentance|repent]] and accept the [[gospel]] message, they engage in [[denial]]ism about their [[sin]] and attempt to suppress the truth of [[God]]'s existence. See also: [[Atheism and hatred of God]]

The Christian evangelist [[Ray Comfort]] often gives atheists the [https://www.livingwaters.com/are-you-a-good-person/ good person test] in order to assist atheists in recognizing their sinful nature.

=== The journalist and ex-atheist Peter Hitchens and fear of hell ===

The journalist and [[ex-atheists|ex-atheist]] [[Peter Hitchens]], who is the brother of the late atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]], said upon seeing an art exhibit of [[Michelangelo]]'s painting ''The Last Judgment'' he came to the realization that he might be judged which startled him.<ref>[http://vimeo.com/10354237 Interview of Peter Hitchens] - Video at Vimeo</ref> This started a train of thought within Peter Hichens that eventually led him to become a [[Christian]].<ref>[http://vimeo.com/10354237 Interview of Peter Hitchens] - Video at Vimeo</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Dante's Inferno]]
* [[Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?|What percentage of people go to Hell?]]
* [[Mystery:Why would a loving God send people to hell for eternity?|Why would a loving God send people to hell for eternity?]]
* [[Degrees of punishment in hell]]
* [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]
* [[ConservaPedia]]

==External links==
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/ The Gates of Hell: Assault on the Enemy Kingdom]

==References==
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