'''Annihilationism''' is a theological viewpoint which denies the concept of [[eternal damnation]] (that the wicked suffer eternally in [[Hell]] after death).
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'''Annihilationism''' is a theological viewpoint which denies the concept of [[eternal damnation]] (that the wicked suffer eternally in [[Hell]] after death). It relies on a straightforward understanding of the Bible's descriptions of death as "destruction," "consumed," "burned up," etc., rather than dogmatic [[liberal denial]] which attempts to misconstrue the second death as eternal torment.