What is the difference between the religious connotations of Perdition and Hell?
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Perdition is the name, in Christian theology, of the state of eternal punishment. Hell is the name given in many religions to a place where evil resides, and where people may be confined to after death, as a punishment for their behaviour during their life.
So: hell is a place, and it is a concept shared between many religions; perdition is a state, and it is a specifically Christian concept.
Definitions are those of the New Oxford American Dictionary:
perdition: (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death.
hell: a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death.
This uses hell in its meaning of “a state or place of great suffering; an unbearable experience”. Examples include: I've been through hell; he made her life hell.
So it means it was a harsh and unpleasant employment.
Best Answer
Perdition is the name, in Christian theology, of the state of eternal punishment. Hell is the name given in many religions to a place where evil resides, and where people may be confined to after death, as a punishment for their behaviour during their life.
So: hell is a place, and it is a concept shared between many religions; perdition is a state, and it is a specifically Christian concept.
Definitions are those of the New Oxford American Dictionary: