The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is one of the most harrowing in the Bible, that is, if it hadn't been softened by spaghetti theology. It's a conversation with a man who's burning in hell.
Hell is Expanding into the Great Gulf
If Hell is Expanding Why isn’t the Earth Getting Bigger?
Continuing the theme of weird things that people say on social media there's another question which comes up from time to time which pertains to Jesus' teaching on hell.
Hell is Expanding in the Old Testament
Hell wasn't part of the six days of creation, it's a direct consequence of sin. At the fall of man in the garden of Eden God cursed the Earth. This was the beginning of nuclear decay.
Gravity of the Soul
We've introduced gravity as the mechanism by which the creation will be purified and how light will be separated from darkness. Gravity was created on the second day. Matter, space and time existed before that.
Answering Secular Humanism
Giving an answer to secular humanists which is Biblically accurate, captures the spirit and the nature of God, and which is in complete harmony with our knowledge of the universe isn't impossible, but it may take some work.
Secular Humanism vs. God
It's one thing to talk about God with Christians, they know God from the Bible. It's something else to talk with people who don't go to church and whose knowledge of God comes from atheist propaganda.
Climate Change
Since Noah's flood there's been a continual net loss of ice on Earth. What physical cause could lead to climate instability as we see in the Bible and which we're experiencing today?
The Bars of the Pit
"The bars of the pit" is a synonym for "the pillars of the earth." They're in the great gulf or "mega chasm" which is the region of Earth's interior which popular science (SciPop) calls the "liquid outer core."
The Great Gulf P-wave Shadow
The popular science "liquid outer core" is speculative at best, and there is no reason why it can't be open space. The P-wave shadow zone is the great gulf of which Jesus spoke in Luke 16:26.
Hell with Benefits
There are benefits to hell being at the center of the Earth. It solves the problem of exponential nuclear decay and renders radiometric dating useless for the development of an ancient Earth narrative.