Damnation

:This article discusses the concept of punishment by God, or use of the word as profane language. For other meanings, see damn (disambiguation).

Religious

In some forms of Western Christian belief, damnation to hell is the punishment of God for persons with unredeemed sin. Damnation can be a motivator for conversions to Christianity.

Related Topics:
Western Christian - Damnation - Hell - God - Unredeemed - Sin - Christianity

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One conception is of eternal suffocating heat, being taunted by demons for all eternity. (Actually, the Christian prophetic book of Revelation says that all demons will also be damned)

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Another conception, derived from the scripture about Gehenna is simply that people will be discarded (burned), as being unworthy of preservation by God.

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In both conceptions, Jesus is accepted as the Lamb of God, able by perfect sacrifice to atone for one's sin, though one is required to accept Him - in other words, agree or consent to be saved by Him. This acceptance is said to constitute salvation from sin, and therefore from damnation (though a debate exists among Christians over the role that works play in salvation).

Related Topics:
Jesus - Lamb of God - Sacrifice - Atone - Salvation

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In Eastern Christian traditions (Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy), as well as some Western traditions, it is not seen as a legalistic punishment meted out by an angry and vengeful God for a slight against some set of spiritual rules. Instead, it describes a state of separation from God, a state into which all humans are born but against which Christ is the Mediator and "Great Physician".

Related Topics:
Eastern Orthodoxy - Oriental Orthodoxy

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