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|Mar 13, 2012
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|Aug 31, 2006
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|Aug 31, 2006
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|Milivoje Aleksic, Aris Balatsos, Kevin O'Neil, James L. Esliger, Bruce Plotnick
|Original Assignee
|Qualcomm Incorporated
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (27), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (36), Classifications (7), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The disclosure relates generally to devices having batteries, and more particularly to battery powered devices that employ power saving management operations.
Portable devices, such as digital audio and/or video players, cell phones, cameras, camcorders, or any other suitable portable devices, have limited battery capacity. In the case of a wireless cell phone device, the device can also operate in environments with differing network signal strengths. When the capacity of a battery drops below a threshold, known portable devices can operate in a low battery condition and reduce power consumption such as by, for example, dimming displays. In addition, low battery power modes can result in the shutting down of certain features of the device at varying levels of operation. For example, integrated circuits are known to go into low power states when a battery level has reached a low battery threshold level. Clock frequencies to certain functional blocks within the integrated circuit or the entire integrated circuit may be put in a low power mode. This may be carried out, for example, by varying clock frequencies to various circuits and lowering supply voltages to various internal circuits to an integrated circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit, general purpose processor, baseband processor or any other circuit as desired. However, users are typically most concerned with the amount of play time of a digital audio or video playing device or the talk time remaining of a cell phone for the ability to use the portable device for at least an emergency call. However, in areas with low network signal strength, it may take more units of battery capacity per unit of talk time to provide suitable communication levels. Accordingly, having functional blocks or circuits "power down" in a low battery level condition may be too late when the wireless telephone is in a low signal strength environment since there may not be enough battery capacity to transmit at a high enough level with a base station or other wireless device.
In addition, portable devices are known that have many different software applications and features, such as the ability to play games, play digital media, have cameras, camcorder functionality, email applications, voice communication capabilities, and other features. However, each feature can consume differing amounts of power and may have a different metric that is important for the given application or feature. For example, when playing a game on a portable device, the amount of time to play the game may be an important metric to a user and for digital audio playing device, the amount of time that a song(s) can be listened to may be an important metric, the amount of talk time may be important for a voice communication feature in a cell phone and the number or size of emails that can be received may be relevant for an email feature. Known devices may allow a user to set a threshold of remaining battery capacity so that when the battery capacity reaches the minimum level set, certain power reduction operations take place in an effort to save battery power. However, some users may be more concerned with the available features and less concerned with the battery condition.
Therefore, a need exists for an improved power management operation in portable devices and/or portable wireless devices.
The invention will be more readily understood in view of the following description when accompanied by the figures below and wherein like reference numerals represent like elements:
Briefly, in one embodiment, a portable device includes a controller that dynamically controls functional processing capability features of the device to provide power for a higher priority feature at the expense of a lower priority functional processing capability feature consistent with the data representing user prioritized functional processing capability features. The controller dynamically controls functional processing capabilities based on a remaining power capacity of a battery, and a power consumption level of the portable device and the user prioritized functional processing capability features. As such, a user can prioritize which functional processing capability features of the portable device take priority over others and the controller will take into account the battery capacity and power consumption rate and provide the highest priority feature in view of this information.
For example, based on a user's desired need for a specific amount of talk time if, for example, the user has prioritized the voice feature of the device, the controller calculates the power consumption that would be used by the voice feature based on the assessment, and the controller turns those features off as required to meet the talk time level set by the user. The controlling of the features may also take into account, for example, received signal strength indication (RSSI) if desired, or other information if desired. Stored control data, such as a lookup table that indicates which parametric settings can be controlled for the device may be employed to suitably turn on and off features or otherwise adjust functional processing capability features of the device to provide power for the higher priority feature at the expense of a lower priority functional processing capability feature.
In one example, a wireless portable device is also disclosed that includes a wireless signal strength determinator that determines a received signal strength of the wireless device and a controller that adjusts the functional processing capability feature of the wireless device based on the determined received signal strength and based on battery capacity information. Received signal strength is typically a quality metric for a communication "channel". However, as used herein it can refer to any type of quality metric of any channel that may be applicable to a wireless device, such as a "voice-recognition channel" with varying levels of power usage dependent on ambient noise levels, or a "data storage channel" where different streams may consume more or less power depending on the data rate that must be output to the channel, and based on the fragmentation state of the media. In this way, received signal strength information is used as a further input to determine how to best adjust functional processing capability features of the device. If desired, the portable device can also take into account network congestion information and adjust functional processing capability feature of the portable device based on the received signal strength, battery capacity information and network congestion information. A controller may be operative to determine an amount of power that will be used during the use of a given feature and the controller may also enter an emergency call mode prior to an out-of-power condition, to preserve power for an emergency call in the instance where the portable device employs cell phone technology, for example. As such, the controller may be operative to determine an amount of power that will be used to provide a functional processing capability feature and to reduce processing capability features to preserve power for an emergency call.
In addition, if desired, the portable device may also determine a power usage rate of the device based on current operational conditions of the device and predict an amount of time that an application can continue to run, such as a game, or any other suitable application, based on the power usage rate. The portable device may determine whether a desired application quality of service level can be maintained for a desired application run-time length and if so, adjust power consumption of the device or adjust a quality of service level provided by the application, in an attempt to meet the desired application run-time. This may include shutting down the application to maintain a minimum battery power energy reserve so that the device may be used for emergency purposes or to run other higher priority applications. Quality of service of an application may include, for example, the image resolution level that is output by the application to a display for a game or for outputting video at a certain rate from a suitable video source such as memory or any other suitable aspect. As such, the application may continue to run, but may be controlled so that the processor executing the application and/or circuits used by the application output information at a different quality level as experienced, for example, by a user.
As shown, the portable device 12 includes a display 14 and an antenna 18 for wirelessly communicating with the wireless network element 15, such as a base station, base site controller, or any other suitable network element. The network element 15 may be, for example, a server or group of servers that, as known in the art, employ one or more processors and associated memory and any suitable interfaces or circuits to communicate the information described herein. Although the network element 15 is shown as having an antenna 20 it will be understood that the network element 15 may be a group of elements that communicate with one another and that the antenna 20 may be part of a base station, for example, and another part of the network element 15 may be a server or circuit in operative communication with the base station where the base station can wirelessly communicate information as described herein. The portable device 12 communicates with a network 22 via a wireless communication link 24, as known in the art. The network 22 may include one or more wireless networks including wireless wide area networks, wireless local area networks, the Internet, intranets, or any other suitable network or networks. The portable device 16 for purposes of illustration only, will be referred to as a same type of portable device 12 that may communicate via a link 28 either directly with portable device 12 via, for example, a short range wireless communication link such as a Bluetooth or any other suitable link and may also utilize a wireless wide area network link 30 to communicate with the network 22 or any other suitable device or devices. However, any suitable communication technique may be employed.
The portable device 12, in this example a wireless portable device, includes a controller 32 that is operative to adjust a functional processing capability feature of the portable device 12 based on a determined received signal strength and battery capacity information. As such, it serves as a type of signal strength and battery capacity based dynamic feature controller. A functional processing capability feature may include a device feature wherein processing of data occurs and the processing of data can be adjusted. For example, a functional processing capability feature may include a user perceptible feature that is based on the execution of software application (e.g., any executable code such as, but not limited to, applets or executable code in any form) where the control of circuits that effect the processing of data. Accordingly, functional processing capability features may be, for example, an email feature, a game playing feature, a video playback feature, an audio playback feature, an audio recording feature, voice communication feature, the quality of service provided to a user by a particular application, or any other suitable functional processing capability feature. As to the quality of service, an application for example, can be controlled to provide higher quality features for a user or low quality features for a user. For example, in the context of a 3D game, the application is controlled as described herein, for example, to perhaps render in a higher resolution mode or use fewer primitives to represent objects depending upon user priority settings and battery capacity and/or received signal strength indication information. Another example may be for a video playback feature, reducing the quality of resolution output or frame rate for the display. In one example, the controller 32 adjusts the functional processing capability features of the device by controlling, at an application level, operation of an application operating on the device based on a determined signal strength and battery capacity level of the device. An application may be, for example, a software module or modules executing on one or more processors such as, but not limited to, CPU cores, DSP cores, graphics processing cores or other processors. The controller 32 may be implemented, for example, as a processor executing one or more suitable software modules that cause the processor or processors to carry out the operations described herein. Alternatively, the controller 32 may be implemented as discrete logic in the form of an application specific integrated circuit, or state machines or any other suitable structure or may be implemented by any suitable combination of hardware, software, and firmware as known in the art.
The multimedia processor 216 may be, for example, a multimedia core that is separate from or integrated with the baseband processor 218 or controller 32 as desired. It will be recognized that the functional blocks illustrated in
The frame buffer 208 may be employed in memory 210 or other memory and may take any suitable form and may be included, for example, in the multimedia processor 216 or as part of any other module as desired. The frame buffer 208 and memory 210 may take any suitable form including, but not limited to, ROM, RAM, optical storage structures, or any suitable digital storage medium. The memory 210, or any other suitable memory, may contain the executable instructions that when executed cause the controller or any processing device to operate as indicated herein. It will be recognized that the blocks shown in the figure are meant to show functional blocks and may be suitably incorporated and combined as desired. As such, the memory may include suitable registers or the processors may include the registers or any suitable structure may be used as understood in the art. As known in the art, the camera 212 may be any suitable image providing circuit including a camcorder or any other suitable structure that provides an image to, for example, the multimedia processor 216 for processing and display on one or more displays 14 and 206 as known in the art. It will be recognized that the functional blocks shown in
Adjusting functional processing capability feature of the device may be performed, for example, by the controller 32 or any other suitable element and may include, for example, selecting which software application will operate on the device based on the determined received signal strength and battery capacity information. For example, a phone or voice application may be given priority over an email application and as such, the email application may be shut down or limited to receiving only emails from specific designated senders as set, for example, through a graphic user interface. This may require some communication with a server to ensure that the server held back any e-mail from senders not on the current list of acceptable senders. The priority based functional processing capability feature control acts, for example, to shut down if desired, lower priority applications to allow enough battery capacity to operate the primary or higher priority applications.
Alternatively, functional processing capability features of the device may be adjusted at an application level so that a given application is controlled so that it provides a different quality of service to the user based on the determined received signal strength and battery capacity information. Examples of such operations are also provided below.
The device may include a battery energy level monitor 404, memory containing received signal strength information 406, auxiliary sensors such as temperature sensors 408 that provide temperature information 409 to the controller 32 and memory containing network congestion information 410. A graphic user interface 412 is shown which allows a user to select on a per application basis for example, whether the controller should control features to allow the maximum application runtime that the user desires or a maximum quality of service that the application provides or any suitable level therebetween. The graphic 414 presented on a display provides selectable application runtime information 416 within a range of the controller either providing a maximum quality of service level by the application or a maximum application run length time. The desired application quality of service information is selected by the user and shown as information 418 and is provided to the controller. Alternatively, the user specified runtime length for each application may be provided as shown as data 420 as selected through a suitable graphic user interface or other suitable interface. In this example, the controller 32 is a suitably programmed processor or set of processors that include, for example, an application processing portion 422 that executes the application software 424 such as a game, an email application, voice application, digital audio playback application, camera application, or any other suitable code used in conjunction with a feature selectable by the user. The controller also includes an application power sensor module 426 that may be for example, software executed by the controller in addition to a total power calculator and application runtime predictor module 428 and quality of service selector 430 both of which may be implemented as software modules executed by the controller 32.
The battery performance data 402 can be data, for example, prestored in memory for the given battery that is present in the portable device. The battery performance data 402 may be provided, for example, by a battery manufacturer or from any other suitable source and indicates for the particular battery type, and at a given voltage level, the amount of power that the battery can provide. The battery energy level monitor 404 monitors the present voltage level and provides a current battery level 406 which may then be used by the total power calculator and application runtime predictor 428 to determine how much battery capacity the battery can currently provide by, for example, using the battery level 406 to look up the corresponding power that the battery can provide. It will be recognized, however, that any other suitable technique may be used to determine the battery capacity information. The received signal strength information 406 may be used to determine how to control various applications or functional processing capability features as further described below. The application power sensor 426 may be, for example, a current sense circuit or voltage sense circuit for the application processor 422 to determine how much power is being consumed when executing the application software 424. The application power usage information 440 is also provided to the total power calculator and application runtime predictor 428. The total power calculator and application runtime predictor 428 determines the amount of time, for example, that the current application 424 can be run at its current level based on the current amount of power usage 440, and the battery capacity information. The total power calculator and application runtime predictor then predicts, for example, the runtime length of the application (functional processing capability features provided by the application) and selects a suitable quality of service to meet the runtime goal information 418 set by the user. The quality of service selection then determines whether the application processor 422 needs to dynamically control the processing by the application processor of the application software 424 by providing, for example, setting information 442 for the application processor. The received signal strength indicator 406 serves as a wireless signal strength determinator that determines a received signal strength of the portable device. The auxiliary sensor information 409 may be used to better predict remaining battery capacity. For example, if the temperature of the device or controller is high, more leakage and more power consumption may occur.
The total power calculator and application runtime predictor 428 serves as a battery capacity determinator and generates battery capacity information for use in determining the estimated runtime that can be provided by the current battery capacity. In one embodiment, the controller 32 adjusts the functional processing capability features of the portable device by selecting which application will operate on the device based on the determined received signal strength and battery capacity information. For example, when a low signal strength is detected, the controller 32 may increase power consumption by increasing the transmit power of the wireless transceiver 220 and may also shut off applications or control, at an application level, the operation of an application to reduce the power consumed by one or more applications. The total power calculator and application runtime predictor estimates how much power will be used under a given operating condition.
In the example where the graphic user interface 412 provides, for example, a bar graph or other suitable graphic user interface to allow a user to set a talk time threshold, the user may set, for example, a minimum fifteen minute talk time threshold for an emergency call mode, for example. The controller 32 sets the functional processing capability feature based on the user settable talk time threshold by, for example, shutting down all currently operating applications if the remaining battery capacity threshold is reached in order to preserve the desired talk time designated by the settable talk time threshold. The controller 32 leaves "on" the circuitry and other applications associated with the voice communication to facilitate the voice operation, but may shut down or otherwise lower power consumption with all other operations. This may enable a user to set a minimum emergency call time period by refraining from running other applications (e.g., operate in its camera mode, allow music to be played back, etc.) when the reserve threshold time is met. When the reserved power level is reserved for an emergency call, the controller 32 determines an estimate of the amount of power (e.g., battery capacity) that will be used to provide the functional processing capability feature that is selected by the user and reduces the other processing capability features to preserve power for an emergency call. An emergency call may be a call, for example, that is a 911 call. The device is controlled to reserve an emergency call power level and shuts down other applications that if left to run, would reduce the battery power to a point where an emergency call could not be carried out or an important call would not be received (such as from a designated sender such as a spouse or child).
Referring also to
Referring back to
As shown in block 508, if the determined quality of service or functional processing capability feature utilizes power for a given runtime length that is above the emergency call threshold, meaning that there is enough power to both run the application at a quality of service setting as designated by the user, the method continues to block 510 to control the device to adjust the current quality of service setting to a new setting level based on predicted future power usage levels at the new setting. As such, if it is predicted that the desired quality of service level that is set by the user can only be maintained by, for example, increasing power usage then power settings are changed to meet the quality of service setting. However, as shown in block 512, if the quality of service feature that has been selected and the amount of power to meet that quality of service level is not available in comparison to an emergency call threshold, the device will enter the emergency call mode and effectively shut down all applications to reserve remaining power for voice communications (e.g., emergency calls), should one need to be made. As such, the controller can shut down functional processing capability features of the wireless device to reduce power consumption to preserve power for an emergency call. The controller 32, or processor that provides the GUI, when it receives the user configurable input quality of service levels through the graphic user interface, stores the configuration information as functional processing capability feature setting data that includes, for example, clock settings and/or associated voltage level settings for circuits within the device as required to meet a given quality of service setting.
Also, in one example, to effect a functional processing capability feature, when the device is in an emergency call mode, the controller reduces the display capability of the wireless device by shutting down one of multiple displays or uses a smaller display portion of a single display during the emergency call mode to conserve power. As such, the functional processing capability of the device is changed since it need only process data for a display in a smaller portion of a screen or output to a single display instead of multiple displays. Block 514 shows in more detail one example of controlling the device to adjust functional processing capability features that use a lookup table that contains the settings for the device such as register settings that define clock frequencies and power supply voltage level settings, for example, for various circuits within the device are stored in a lookup table. To adjust the power consumption level of, for example, a particular processing core or portions within a processing core, these values are written to control registers for the various circuits. This control is based on both remaining battery capacity and a received signal strength indication as noted above. It will be recognized that the operation can be changed to allow a user to de-select an emergency power mode so that a game can be played or other feature can be used if desired.
If the quality of service setting is already at an optimal setting, the method begins over again. However, if the quality of service does not meet the optimal quality of services level, the method includes, as shown in block 714, looking up the quality of service adjustment factors in a look-up table for the current running applications and selecting revised power profiles for each of the applications based on the information in the look-up table. By way of example, the look-up table may include the information shown in
By was of illustration, through a user interface, the user may set for example the priority level for a given device function so that user settings 1000 may be entered through a graphic user interface. The graphic user interface may also for example allow the user to set the priority level 1002 of the various device functions (also referred to as applications). In this example, the voice or phone function has been set at the highest priority and the user setting is for ten minutes as shown by quality of service settings 1004 so that the device will attempt to allow at least a minimum of 10 minutes of talk time as the priority. As the power capacity of the device battery decreases, lower priority functions are either shut down or the quality of service of a feature is reduced in an attempt to conserve battery power. In this example, a digital audio player play time is set for 10 minutes (and/or a volume level can be set) the resolution of the video, such as from a camera or video playback circuit such as an MPEG decoder may be set, the e-mail application may be set to allow only one megabyte of e-mail data to be received or just headers to be received and, for device functions such as games, the frames per second of output resolution on a display may be set to a particular setting. As such the prioritized features 1004 may include data that represents a talk time threshold, such as 10 minutes and the controller 32 dynamically controls the functional process capability features of the device to provide power for a voice communication feature at the expense of a lower priority feature, such as a game playing feature, consistent with the talk time threshold as the remaining power capacity of the battery decreases. The controller 32, in response to the remaining power capacity of the battery, a power consumption rate of the portable device and user prioritized functional processing capability features, dynamically controls the functional processing capability features to provide power for a higher priority feature at the expense of a lower priority functional processing capability feature consistent with the user prioritized information.
If desired, the method may also include dynamically controlling operation of the device based on the priority information, based on the battery capacity and based on received signal strength information. For example, if the received signal strength information indicates that the signal strength is decreasing, the controller 32 may shut off a lower priority application to allow additional power to be used for a higher transmit power during the high priority voice operation. Other control techniques will be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.
As shown in
As noted above, among other advantages, the user may prioritize applications or operations of other features of the portable device and based on the users need for a specific amount of talk time or runtime of an application, the controller calculates the power consumption of the desired feature alone or in combination with signal strength. Based on this assessment the device may turn those features or applications off as required to meet the talk time or runtime setting or may suitably reduce the quality of service of an application to meet the runtime requirements. In addition, reserve power may be maintained if desired and during the reserve time only basic operation of the device may be employed to conserve power for emergency calls or other operations. Other advantages will be recognized by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The above detailed description of the invention and the examples described therein have been presented for the purposes of illustration and description only and not by limitation. It is therefore contemplated that the present invention cover any and all modifications, variations or equivalents that fall within the spirit and scope of the basic underlying principles disclosed above and claimed herein.
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Posted on 02/20/2014 3:05:32 AM PST by iowamark
I stumbled upon a Christian author I was not familiar with the other day and saw that he had written from a host of secular publications about faith. From CNN to National Journal to the Huffington Post to USA Today to the Atlantic to others these are publications that tend to be hostile to people of traditional, orthodox Christian faith. When a Christian author is routinely published in those publications and cited as a reasonable evangelical voice by those publications, I have to think he or she is really useful idiots of Baal.
From Rob Bell to Rachel Held Evans to Donald Miller to Jim Wallis to Joel Osteen and more, these people seem to think that, if they even share the gospel (as opposed to the prosperity gospel), the gospel can be shared without every offending anyone. If only Christians would not offend people they could woo people to Christ. Truth be told, some evangelicals can be far more confrontational than need be. But, likewise, the gospel is not inoffensive. These people who think the gospel can be sold to everyone without ever offending anyone are committed more to their own house brand than to Jesus and, in so doing, prop up Baal, the god of worldly conformity, more than Christ.
The gospel offends many people. Many people will die this very day somewhere in the world because of the gospel. Frankly, I think some of these people are themselves offended by the gospel. They look at the Bible as a self-help book and redact all the stuff they themselves do not agree with. They focus on social justice Jesus and not the Jesus who said
Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!
They have convinced themselves Jesus really would have an opinion on a government healthcare program, but never really get into Jesuss views on damnation, sin, and salvation.
This goes also to my concern about a lot of mega churches. I have friends who are pastors of mega churches. I have friends who attend mega churches. But I think some of the church industrial complex starts building a brand and the brand is more Six Flags Over Jesus, as I tend to call a lot of mega churches, and less Jesus. They focus on franchises and revenue stream and weekly attendance. To do that, Jesus can rarely be offensive. More so, the spirit in the attendees can often not be matured.
By that I mean a lot of these churches are so focused on upping the baptism count that they focus solely on come to Jesus and never really describe what coming to Jesus entails or how a Christian, once a Christian, grows in faith. So the people in the church run the risk of being spiritually immature or not convicted of their salvation. Heres hint: often embracing the gospel turns peoples lives upside down and, from a worldly perspective, things end badly for them.
Christ said we should enter through the narrow gate. A lot of the medias favorite voices on Christendom preach that the gate is as deep and wide as possible for all comers. Thats simply not true. There is only one way. There is only one path. There is only one savior. All truly are welcome. But that one path offends so many not all want to be welcomed.
John 3:10-12 lays out pretty well the three reasons people will not embrace Christ: (v.10) they do not understand the gospel; (v.11) they refuse to receive the gospel; or (v.12) they do not believe the gospel. Many of these useful idiots for Baal sell a gospel stripped of its full meaning and commitment. They should be commended for wanting all comers to come, but need to be cautioned that not all comers will come. They go all Jesus all the time and quickly strip him of masculinity, godliness, justice, righteousness, power, and the ability to save. They try to sand it down so no one can reject it, but often what winds up getting accepted isnt the real gospel, but a wordily version of an emo, weepy Jesus who cant throw a punch that people created and not the real Jesus who will one day return on a white horse, with a sword, to judge the quick and the dead.
Too many of these people, often hipster prophets, make people comfortable in their sin while trying to sell Jesus. One comfortable in his sin rarely sees the need to embrace one who will extricate him from his sin. These peddlers of pop Christianity are useful idiots for Baal because they claim their faith in Christ without ever making anyone uncomfortable in their here and now. Christ made people uncomfortable.
As a friend noted this passage from Bonhoeffer last night in email:
The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining family life, and for leading the nation astray; they will be called crazy fanatics and disturbers of the peace.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 1937.
The useful idiots of Baal are not willing to go along for that ride. Theyd rather their Jesus bake cakes for gay weddings.
John 3:10-12 lays out pretty well the three reasons people will not embrace Christ: (v.10) they do not understand the gospel; (v.11) they refuse to receive the gospel; or (v.12) they do not believe the gospel.
That fourth thing is the teaching that those that do not accept Christ will not merely perish (as in John 3:16), die the second death or even be cast away from God's presence for all eternity. It is that the God of the bible will send most people to an eternity of conscious and severe suffering. They simply can't get past the madness of such a message.
Thing is, unlike those who preach such a message, these folks have really thought it through. They've asked themself what kind of God metes out such a punishment to mere humans who not only can't comprehend it, but often can't understand what they have done to even deserve such a thing.
They also can't comprehend his purpose. This is a little like when a kid from the US goes to a foreign country with different laws and finds himself serving the rest of his life for something that, in the US, might get you a probation. They actually break the law because the punishment is so severe they don't believe it really exists. Imagine a state that had the death penalty for going one mile an hour over the speed limit, but nobody knows anyone who has ever been executed for it. You would take that penalty less seriously than you would take a $30 fine, because you can't wrap your head around it.
And when non-Christians see the penalty for sin as losing not only this life, but what John 3:16 calls "eternal life", with the alternative being permanent death, they can wrap their heads around the decision they are being offered.
A side benefit is they can see God as just - the wages of sin is, in fact death - and it is easy to see that as the justice of a true loving God, and not a vindictive torturer.
Interestingly, as a Christian, that is all I wish on the unsaved: That they do not receive eternal life in the presence of their creator. And, of course, outside the presence of God, there is no life.
and a good perspective,
I've found its because of arrogance that people do not understand and therefore can not believe. God will not sit down with us and sup with us through our arrogance, we must come humbly to him to learn and he will be there and we will hear him.
For those that refuse to receive the message, we can only brush the dust off and as were leaving pray that God will do something in the future to cause that person to consider him before they run out of time (their life),
In some ways, that may be true. Nevertheless, the Bible seems pretty clear to me on the subject. First, we have the entire book of Revelation.
Then, there is the story of the beggar and the rich man, Luke 16: 19-31. I particularly draw your attention to verse 24.
Matt 5:22 mentions hellfire. Then there's Mark 9:44,45.
So, to discard the doctrine of eternal torment seems unwise to me. Those who reject Christ because they reject this doctrine, have rejected Christ. Maybe it is just an excuse, and they weren't going to accept Him anyway?
The brushing the dust off part is the hard one for me. It comes easy with time, however. You can't beat it into people. You can only plant seeds. Even the "brushing off your feet" part may have been God's instruction to not continue in towns where people would not listen, even though God knew that some in those towns may have a change of heart later.
There is a tendency towards "The ends justifies the means" theology in churches and it has been that way for a long time. If Jim and Tammie Faye Bakker were cheats and frauds, it is OK because some people got baptized. I also keep meeting Christians that think going to church is an inconvenience.
Mega-churches can be really good things. Many of them are mega because they work. The Village Church in Texas is one example.
We still preach on sin. We just preach on the sins that the other people commit. The sin of global warming. The sin of not supporting increased Welfare. The sin of uber-wealth. The sin of owning a Hummer.
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I should be clear about my own response above,
I believe there is going to be the final judgment and the lake of fire, and that hades, Sheol (the grave), bottomless pit, outer darkness etc., (these are not all the same place, quite the contrary) Death and hades will be cast into the lake of fire at the end,
Jesus himself spoke more about hell than anyone in the Bible, he being the only one who can provide the pardon from going there, recall what he said about Judas, that it would've been better for him if he had never been born,
"For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; " 2 Peter 2:4
No offense, Chesley. Seriously.
Once I turned to this viewpoint I've been discussing it (sadly, arguing is a better word) with my brothers for about three years. The points you bring up are all there but not always what people think they are.
To touch on a couple, and only a couple, a fire can go on for a day, many days, or like the dump Jesus was referring to in one passage, continuously. But the garbage being thrown into it is, in fact, consumed. I.e. it may hurt for a sec, and then you've experienced the "second death".
Regarding Lazarus and the Rich man, there is more there than most people know, and less in some ways that may be surprising. But it is not about eternity. Here is a very good rundown:
And here is a great analogy that may explain why some people hear the "turn or burn" message and reject it:
"Suppose for a moment that a wonderful manMr. Right, if you willoffers a marriage proposal to the woman he loves. 'Marry me,' he says, 'and I will give you a life like you've never dreamed of before. You will be loved with the greatest commitment and passion that any woman has ever known. I will give you the finest house with all of the wonderful things you've ever wanted, and you will be happy for the rest of your days!'
"Now suppose the woman is very flattered by the proposal, but is uncertain about whether or not she is ready for such a commitment. Asking for a few more days to think it over, Mr. Right answers, 'You are welcome to take more time, but it's only fair that I warn you what will happen if you decline my generous offer. Your only option, other than spending paradise with me, is to be thrown into my underground dungeon, have your eyes gouged from their sockets, and be subjected to unimaginable pain every hour, on the hour, for the rest of your long, miserable life.'
"What do you suppose would be going through the young woman's mind at a time like this? I imagine that would change the way she feels about the man considerably. She might have previously accepted Mr. Right's proposal because of her love for him, but is there much chance of that now? Surely not. If she takes him seriously, she'll undoubtedly marry him, but not as much for love as out of genuine terror at the alternative.
"Is this God's way of doing things? Does God want His people to turn to Him out of fear that they will be tortured otherwise? Where is the love in that? If everyone really believed in this doctrine, wouldn't that properly tarnish their concept of the Savior? I would imagine some might even have a hard time calling Him "Savior" at all. How merciful can it be to create a never-ending torture pit for everyone and then save only a few from it?"
My God is just. It is clear that his justice prevents those that do not accept the Grace of Christ from entering into eternal life with Him, but the justice is complete in making their fleshly death a final condition via the second death, even if it means death by being thrown into the surface of the sun.
Before I post, It strikes me that I should comment on your mentioning the book of Revelation. It is one of my favorites. I use Revelation 7 to support my "mid-Trib" position on the rapture and I moved to KY in 2011 in the spirit of Revelation 18-4. But I understand the whole book is steeped in symbolism and reads almost like Nostrodamus. I would not use it as a source of proof for any "doctrine" based on the plain words it uses, since their meaning is rarely plain in Revelation.
Give her wings of a great eagle? Frogs came out of their mouths? The great harlot? Giant made from multiple metals and clay? These verses all have strong meaning but probably rarely mean in a literal sense what the dictionary definitions of the words mean. Same goes for the fate of the lost as described in Revelation. But even then, the mose supportive scripture there of eternal torture of humans refers specifically to those who take the mark of the beast in the end times. I have an open mind about that one because I have not met anyone yet that has taken the mark. When I do, I might understand why the bible discusses eternal torture regarding them. But until I meet one, I can't say.
Reminds me of the old joke about bear hunters...
"Y'all skin this one while I run out and get another one."
How can this be? All this good stuff, and they're still lost?
A very simple biblical answer: Eph 2:8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithand this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast."
I've known quite a few very good (at least, best I can tell) people who reject Christ outright. But then, they also think they are very good.
And there's the rub.
And I've known quite a few "saved a wretch like me" folks who struggle with their "thorn in the flesh" and are adamant that their only hope is the grace of God.
They are the ones I think are saved.
People overlook the fact that those poor souls never say I am a sinner and put my faith in you Lord Jesus.
They are all appealing to their own good works.
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; 2 Peter 2:4
In our world, which is where God meets us, we have two forms of punishment: First is rehabilitation. It's effectiveness is questionable, but it's goal is not. The second is removal from "the rest of us". The goal is not to make it hard for the perp. It is to separate him from the rest of us. In some cultures this means life in prison. In others, its execution. But its function is to "cast them out" of our world.
It's how I see the fate of those that don't accept Christ. Except I don't see God having any reason to keep them alive. He certianly would not do it for them. It's not like he is trying to teach them a lesson. He would not do it for us. We'll never come into contact with them in any way, shape or form ever again, nor would we want to. Would He get some morbid pleasure out of it?
So whom would it benefit?
Yes. C. S. Lewis once said, and I paraphrase, sometimes I feel pretty bad and think I need Got quite a lot and other times I think I'm doing pretty good. It is the latter when I probably need him the most.
They are all appealing to their own good works.
You are employing a typical spurious liberal and annihilationism hermeneutic, that of determining truth by what to what you believe conforms to your idea of a "loving God."
However, God in His love does not bluff, but in love tells of both eternal life and eternal punishment, warning of the eternal reality of choosing sin over Him. And does not attempt to deter living a life of fulfilling lusts by warning of simply being toasted in the end,. but of going "into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." (Mark 9:43-44)
God also created Lucifer and other angels which rebelled, yet it is clearly taught that "the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." (Revelation 20:10)
And that the lost will be told, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" And of being (Matthew 25:41) "tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." (Revelation 14:10-11)
As for attempts to justify annihilationism, I have responded to such in posts as here , here and here
The Bible tells us that when we see Him (the Risen Ascended Jesus) we shall be like Him. Many passages in scripture tell us that God is 'clothed in righteousness' there is 'no sin in Him'. Early in the Bible it is made plain that humankind were kept from the Tree of Life because that would have had them living forever in their sinful state. God's love is like coals of fire upon the sinful nature. To be alive forever in a state of sinfulness, awash in the Light of God's 'radiance' will be agonizing, a fire not quenched where the worm dieth not.
Put in a more succinct way, God has told us what the Universe will be like in the next phase of His creating. His Light/Love will shine throughout that phase, infused into every nook and cranny. To those who love The Lord and have been delivered from their sinful nature, that phase will be 'Heavenly'. To those who hate The Light, that phase will be agonizing suffering. God will not be the one responsible for that choice, for it is a choice, always a choice.
The caveat to that reality is, it is within God's purview when/where that choice is final. Connect that revelation to the 'observer phenomenon' in Physics, that the observer effects the experiment thus the observer's choice effects the outcome, and you have a modern, rational answer for the fourth reason some reject The Gospel of The Grace of God in Christ.
Grace all the way through. Grace to get saved in the first place, grace to continue on the path, and grace that'll take me home.
Romans 8 says God gives us ALL things...graciously.
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
The spirit is an eternal thing, not subject to the limits time imposes upon physical matter. The spirit will continue to exist even after the new phase is arrived. The new phase is characterized by The Love of God penetrating every nook and cranny of the new Universe. A black hole is a fair analogy for the state of the new Universe, because those glorying in the Light of God will not be subjected to the torment of those in 'outer darkness' ...
You are employing a typical spurious liberal and annihilationism hermeneutic, that of determining truth by what to what you believe conforms to your idea of a "loving God."
And often, when the fate of the lost after the great white throne judgement is called "second death", perish, destruction, etc. sometimes there is an eternal ring as you mentioned in Mark 9:43-44. But in those cases the eternal fate of the lost is not being described but, rather, the eternal existence of the cause. e.g. the worm not dying and the fire not being quenched merely speaks to the permanence of their destruction. i.e. they ain't comin' back.
I can't speak for Satan and his angels because I don't know how complete their knowledge of eternity is compared to that of man. Just as man's punishment for sin is different from that of the animals (they are not held accountable at all), satans punishment may be different from ours. My knowledge of the nuances of who he is and what he knows is limited.
Another important thing to consider is what the bible actually means when it speaks of "forever and ever" and "eternity". Personally, I see time as a current that flows in an ocean called eternity. I don't believe it is the passage of time as we know it.
And also, when making the case that the lost will suffer eternally, people use Revelation way too much. As I mentioned in a previous post, Revelation is one of my favorite books of the bible, but I understand that it is steeped in allegory and symbolism. Personally, I think all of that allegory in Revelation regarding forever and ever and eternity is saying that the lost, who are removed from God's presence, are dead and they will stay dead. After all, a strong theme in the bible is that there is no life outside the presence of God.
And this doesn't even address that the eternal suffering concept simply does not jibe with the God of the bible as he presents Himself and as he deals with men and sin throughout the bible.
I believe God's spirit is eternal. I was AG for 18 years and was told that God's spirit has no beginning and no end, but human spirits have a beginning but no end.
I was told that but never given sound scripture to support it. I eventually abandoned that belief. If we do not accept Christ, I do not believe we have an eternal spirit. In fact, I question whether we have one at all if we are not saved.
And to add to your post, the bible clearly states that the lost will be cast out. It is actually called outer darkness in at least one place.
That fourth reason was a favorite of Christopher Hitchens and now of Dawkins.
See my tagline.
Nice. :-)
We reason on time as flowing, as a linear thing. Time is a volume. Eternal existence is existence not on a linear scale but a volume, always present, never past and never future, always in the present, eternal in existence. Eternity is the volume of Time.
Put in a more modern framework, the 'information' of being is not lost, it resides in the volume of Time. Even Stephen Hawking is beginning to get it, since he has backed off on his earlier notion of a black hole collapsing infinitely, with nothing escaping. That's why I write that a black hole is a fair though not perfect analogy.
If it is not the eternal spirit of a man which is in torment, what is it?
Regarding the rest of your post, it is hypothesis.
BTW, I read the first of your three links in a previous post. You are being too smart by half. I'm considering taking the time to refute the red herrings, straw men and contradictions, but I've barely the time to post what I've posted so far.
I've read my share of incredibly lengthy and sometimes well produced documents both in and out of Christianity that make very clear and well defended points that fall apart when exposed to the other side's position. I was intimidated by your post until I actually read it.
I will now leave it to you. I am not in the habit of arguing with a closed mind.
That is why the parables use common and plain language (even though Jesus made many of his comments via parables precisely so people would NOT understand).
But He was speaking in plain language and not parables when warning of being cast into the lake of fire in eternal punishment. Moreover, figurative language has its corresponding spiritual equivalent, and any one hearing the Lord warning of being cast into a place "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." (Mark 9:48) would understand He was not speaking of just being toasted in the end, but of ongoing punishment in the spiritual realm.
Nor was Lk. 16:19-33 referring to something other than postmortem punishment, as explained here .
I look at the personality of our God all through the bible and how He deals with people that have found themselves at the receiving end of His wrath. The message is always the same: Total destruction. Sometimes entire races. Even threat of them being utterly removed even from the minds of future generations.
But based upon this reasoning then the reward of the righteous is only earthly as well, yet just as God speak of eternal life so He also speaks of eternal destruction.
Just as mans punishment for sin is different from that of the animals (they are not held accountable at all), satans punishment may be different from ours.
That again would require the elect to also have an eternity like that of animals, while rather than making a difference btwn the punishment of fallen angels and that of the lost, the Lord places them in the same place, and only speaks of eternal torment.
And this doesnt even address that the eternal suffering concept simply does not jibe with the God of the bible as he presents Himself and as he deals with men and sin throughout the bible.
That is simply not the case but is forcing God to conform to your idea of God, as He both deals with the wicked by slaughtering them in the temporal realm and, as said, being tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." (Revelation 14:10,11)
Man it seems you can type fast!
Yes I do. Interestingly, I am on a conference call right now that I've not much involvement with, but I forgot to mute and someone said, "who's typing so fast out there". ;-)
I will now leave it to you. I am not in the habit of arguing with a closed mind.
Thing is, the more I've studied a subject, the more "steadfast" I am in my opinion. But that makes two points. First, it IS just an opinion and, second, it CAN be changed, but the volume and veracity of information needed to do it must compete with that to which I've already been exposed that led me to the opinion I have.
Would you say I could have called you "closed minded" regarding this? I don't.
The thing is, it is not necessary to over-parse words to make the point here because the bible uses plain language and no single scripture makes either of our cases for us. In fact, in my case, much of the information I'm using is what I've learned of the personality of God in scriptures that have nothing to do with the eternal fate of the lost.
When you know a person, when something ambiguous is said about something they said or did, you are going to choose the meaning that most fits with their personality as you know them.
That is what I am doing with most of these scriptures. I also have nothing to do with the organization you mentioned in that other post. In fact, I've never heard of them.
But He was speaking in plain language and not parables when warning of being cast into the lake of fire in eternal punishment.
I would think I would be burned up rather quickly. Especially if they said the fire was unquenchable and I was aware that often when bodies were burned in my culture the body was not completely consumed because the body itself put out the fire.
And since Jesus talked of the wheat and tares and the tares being burned up in other passages (and in my plain language the analogy clearly means destroyed as most people mean it), that would add to my being convinced that being thrown into the lake of fire was like being dried grass thrown into a furnace. It is utter destruction, with only CO2 blowing in the wind.
But based upon this reasoning then the reward of the righteous is only earthly as well, yet just as God speak of eternal life so He also speaks of eternal destruction.
So we know the condition is eternal, but one is life and one isn't, while one is destruction and one isn't. Even when one appeals to the greek lexicon, the meaning is plain, and the meaning of "life" can be clarified by the use of the word "destruction" and vice versa.
I.e. a reasonable person with no agenda would interpret the scripture to mean one will live, and live eternally, while the other will die, never to be resurrected.
But based upon this reasoning then the reward of the righteous is only earthly as well, yet just as God speak of eternal life so He also speaks of eternal destruction.
Meanwhile, the same thing happens with eternity, only the condition is eternal. It never ends. It simply "is". One lives, one doesn't. In plain language, the absense of life is either death (which is a temporal event) or, more precisely, non-existence.
And there is no life outside the presence of God.
Do you have Scripture to support that statement?
Genesis 1:26
That again would require the elect to also have an eternity like that of animals, while rather than making a difference btwn the punishment of fallen angels and that of the lost, the Lord places them in the same place, and only speaks of eternal torment.
As for your analogy, It's ok as far as it goes. Except that it is always risky to reason from analogy. The validity of your conclusions depend on the correspondences in the analogy.
In this case, it's not that the woman is in a perfectly great place, and the man offers to marry her and give her good stuff, or torture her, but not let her remain in the state that she is already in.
No. The situation is that she is in a poor situation, and the man offers to save her from it.
Eternal damnation is the default position of all mankind. A way to be saved from it is offered, but can be rejected. God casts no one into Hell (which I am using in the sense of a place of eternal torment). They freely choose to go there.
As far as interpretations of Revelation, I certainly do not insist that my interpretation is the correct one. I believe that it is, but this is a subject on which I am willing to concede that the possibilities that it is something else are quite substantial.
However that may be, I believe in an eternal torment of some kind, whether it consists of fire which burns that does not consume for all eternity, or just the knowledge of separation from God, and what you are missing out on. I lean toward the former.
However, I can find no Biblical justification for, say, death as obliteration and total destruction of the consciousness.
That is simply not the case but is forcing God to conform to your idea of God, as He both deals with the wicked by slaughtering them in the temporal realm and, as said, being tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." (Revelation 14:10,11)
It also says "the smoke of their torment" rises forever and ever. The original Lucy show broadcast waves are STILL eminating from our solar system and will until the universe is destroyed. However, the show only lasted a half hour. This implies that what happened to them WILL linger in eternity.
However, it could be translated that they suffer for all eternity. It's why there is any discussion here at all. :-)
The thing is, when both sides find themselves arguing "true" meanings of words, especially words that are used in heavily symbolic and allegoric scripture, nobody wants to be "married" to tightly to their position. Honestly, my MAIN personal reason for believing the annihilation interpretation vs the turn or burn one is that it more fits with the personality of my God as presented in the bible as well as His dealings with me personally.
This is the canvas on which my interpretations of all these "Fate of the lost" opinions I have are written.
Genesis 1:26
I guess I should have said scripture that supports such a position. Using Genesis 1:26 to support it is like using John 14:2 to say that there are many mansions, when that is a grossly broad interpretation of scripture, much as translating me saying I'll pick you up after work in my car, being translated "Cuban leaf is going to pick me up in a "limo" without knowledge of what kind of car I own.
It's wishful thinking.
We are created in God's image and likeness. What that really means regarding what God looks like and how eternal we are is definitely up for speculation. One could even argue that we "were" created eternal until Adama and Eve ate of the apple, and it takes the blood of Christ to get it back - blood that is not available to those that die in their sin.
As far as the mansions you mentioned regarding John 14--Jesus regularly referenced souls and people as buildings ("Tear down this temple and I will rebuild it in three days"). That passage means (to me) that we, as believers are the mansions, with our eternal, perfect bodies, living within God. There are many mansions in my Father's House.
I sincerely appreciate youar attitude about this. It actually corresponds to what the writer of the article said in his conclusion: "Support can be found through the Holy Scriptures to back up the case for eternal torture as well as the case for annihilation in Hell."
But I do take issue with you regarding this statement: However, I can find no Biblical justification for, say, death as obliteration and total destruction of the consciousness.
Fact is, most scripture that discusses the fate of the lost, especially when comparing them to the saved, if one translates the plain language, indicates permanent ending. It is the way a person would interpret John 3:16, as well as phrases like "second death", death, destruction, etc.
I think a fun side study would be of the word "punishment", it's meaning and sources and the words translated to that word in scripture. Sometimes punishment doesn't hurt at all.
God's image is not a physical likeness-it is an eternal soul.
I could go down a serious rabbit hole here, but my point was merely that we could argue until death what "in God's image" means since now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. i.e. we have partial knowledge that is sorely lacking to come up with a difinitive answer to the question. The answer is NOT in Genesis 1:26.
As far as the mansions you mentioned regarding John 14—Jesus regularly referenced souls and people as buildings ("Tear down this temple and I will rebuild it in three days"). That passage means (to me) that we, as believers are the mansions, with our eternal, perfect bodies, living within God. There are many mansions in my Father's House.
I would disagree with the author however on one point. Mega-churches are not ipso facto world-centered rather than Christ-centered.
Indeed, I've never met a person who attended Gateway in the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex who was not deeply committed to Christ and Him surpassingly above all else. No doubt there are some, but I've never met them. Then again, that mega-church preaches heavily and directly from Scripture and has many other ministries beyond the weekly service.
This link takes a different approach:
Thing is, when you debate subjects like this, one of two things happens. Either you change your position, or you learn better to support your position.
Within those two are all sorts of things: the stubborn person that refuses to learn anything, the person who changes their opinion with the wind, etc. But there is nothing wrong with being steadfast in ones views, if one can back them up.
Of course, you'll always find people who disagree with you. And often they just like to argue for the sake of arguing. I confess that I fall into that rut from time to time. But it really is important to be able to support your own opinion, and often one increases that support in the tasks required to support it against someone who disagrees and can articulate why.
It's one of the reasons I come here. I'm looking to be convinced I'm wrong. Sometimes I come across something that looks to be promising only to be disappointed. But even that experience solidifies my views in the good way.
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