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  2. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    "When Hell freezes over" [2] and "on a cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come ...

  3. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    blerrie/bladdy hell – damn/damnit. Originally from the British English phrase "bloody hell". bliksem – strike, hit, punch; also used often as an expression of surprise/emphasis. It derives from the Dutch word for "lightning", and often occurs in conjunction with donner. "Bliksem! Daai weerlig was hard!". (Damn! That lightning-strike was loud!)

  4. Fate of the unlearned - Wikipedia

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    The fate of the unlearned, also known as the destiny of the unevangelized, is an eschatological question about the ultimate destiny of people who have not been exposed to a particular theology or doctrine and thus have no opportunity to embrace it. The question is whether those who never hear of requirements issued through divine revelations ...

  5. Religious views on suicide - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Painting by Giotto depicting a person committing the sin of desperatio, the rejection of God's mercy, because while choked they are unable to ask for repentance. [ 1] There are a variety of religious views on suicide . Regarding suicide in the ancient European religions, both Roman and Greek, had a relaxed attitude. [ 2][ 3][ 4]

  6. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Beyond the veil [ 2] The mysterious place after death. Neutral. Originally used to refer to the 'veil' that hides the innermost sanctuary of the Temple in Jerusalem. Sometimes refers to just a mysterious place. Big sleep [ 2] To die or be killed. Euphemistic. Could be in reference to Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep'.

  7. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Wikipedia

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    8 July 1741. " Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God " is a sermon written by the American theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts, to profound effect, [ 1] and again on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. The preaching of this sermon was the catalyst for the First Great Awakening. [ 2]

  8. (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go

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    Summary. The song begins with a woman proclaiming the virtues of the Bible 's "Book of Revelation" over an introduction of fuzz-bass guitar and conga drums. Mayfield then shouts out to the audience with a large echo overdub, saying "Don't worry, If there's a Hell below, we're all gonna go!" followed by a scream.

  9. Problem of Hell - Wikipedia

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    The problem of Hell is an ethical problem in the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam, in which the existence of Hell ( Jahannam) for the punishment of souls in the afterlife is regarded as inconsistent with the notion of a just, moral, and omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient supreme being. Also regarded as inconsistent with such a ...