This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering–since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
–2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
How very un-PC of you, Kendall! Of all the biblical passages to chose from today, you select a culturally offensive text that reeks of divine wrath and vengeance, even to the point of glorying in the eternal destruction and exclusion of the wicked who persecute Christians.
Did your careful study of the C. S. Lewis’ views on Hell for your D. Phil at Oxford perhaps desensitize you to how very loathsome and repulsive such an old-fashioned notion is to many people nowadays?
OTOH, more seriously, I’m glad you did.
David Handy+