An Oral Debate on the Coming of the Son of Man, Endless Punishment, and Universal Salvation: Held in Milton, Ind., Oct. 26, 27, and 28, 1847
By Erasmus Manford, Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin "I have now proved beyond all doubt, that my friend does not believe that sinners of our day will ever be judged or punished in any way for sin, not even by the lashings of conscience, for the coming of Christ to judge the world, was all fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem, and since that time there has been no hell, judgment, or punishment of any kind for the ungodly, and never will be ; and therefore my friend and myself can talk and believe just what we please, without any danger of being brought to punishment, for there will not — there cannot, and there shall not be any future judgment. Yet he says the wicked shall not go unpunished. Sublime theory ! Glorious consistency ! Who will prostitute his reputation for good judgment and sense, so as to swallow down such an egregious bundle of silly contradictions and nonsense."
