16/10/2019
Visitors move over the pit of hell on a bridge guarded by massive demonic guardian spirits past a mural portraying the current suffering in the world…. The message? Everyone goes to hell. There is no point trying to escape. You simply have to experience the torment and work your way out of hell into heaven. This narrative that hell waits for all, that guilt for sins is inescapable, and that personal torment is the only means of atonement dominates the spiritual landscape of the Buddhist world. …Sixty-four million Thais live each day trying to accumulate merit, hoping only to minimize their future torment.
— Bryan Webb, AGWM missionary and writer for WorldView magazine, at Chiang Rai’s White Temple in Thailand
To read Bryan's article, and other issues of WorldView, visit agwm.org.