There’s too much confusion I can’t get no relief.

About what, askadoodledoo?

ask21771 said
did jesus speak of a literal hell

First there is the question of whether he actually said anything attributed to him. Second. Stephen pointed out that Hell is implied by Apocalypticism, but I think you want to be careful about reading modern ideas back into the early first century. In cases, we might point to (as you have to done to the least of my brothers, you have done to me) there’s something of a contradiction because salvation is said to be achieved without or in spite of deeds. ( conversely, eternal damnation occurs despite good or bad deeds.If that’s the case, then it’s very odd that Jesus is unaware of it. 

ask21771 said
I read the article erhman wrote and it sounds like jesus didn’t

Which article was that?

And that was pretty much my point

ask21771 said
i’ve been studying universal salvation and am still unsure if it’s biblical

Shouldn’t we start with salvation itself. Whether salvation, itself is biblical. After all, Jewish thought, initially has EVERYONE (good or bad) going to Sheol and living a rather dim cold existence.  I don’t see how you can, on the one hand have a deity who is omniscient but doesn’t seem to know about salvation until [what is it 6?]millenia later. Adam and Eve weren’t told that they could achieve salvation, they would simply return to the dust. 

Judith said

Ah, but “Dust thou art, to dust returnest, was not written of the soul.” A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Makes sense considering Ancient Jews don’t seem to have believed in a soul, but I still do not see A&E being offered a chance at salvation. 

A&E is short for Adam and Eve.

As to the question of image. That’s harder to answer because we’re asking what ancient Jews meant by that. However, if we are created in the image of some being, it is likely that we are talking about a creation like a self portrait. 

And yea, I considered the breath of life, as it were to be the soul, but are.  we reading modern concepts into ancient judeaism(divine breath as a soul) ? Wouldn’t the breath of life be similar to CPR?

If I save someones life with mouth to mouth, do they then have  two souls? Did they get part of my soul?  I’m guessing divine breath is probably more about the life[oddly genesis literally has God creating life from non life, but fundies will tell you 1.) that is impossible and that 2.)is just Atheist ideology]