where is the hell?

Question

what is the naatuture of hell

Answer 1

In my ex-wife's house.

It's nature is evil- be afraid.

Answer 2

Hell is in Southeast Michigan. Currently, Hell is 56 degrees F.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Hell is mostly in the minds of our religious leaders. We can certainly make a hell for ourselves on earth.

Answer 5

Hell is on the mind of the beholder.

Here, and now.

Answer 6

I don't believe that there is a hell, because there is a little bit of good in everyone.

Answer 7

Hell is an eternity without rest.

Answer 8

Are you referring to Hell, Michigan 48169 USA? I've never been there but it looks nice on TV. For info see http://www.hell2u.com

Answer 9

Hell began as the Teutonic word "hel", which was the infinitive "to cover". There was nothing at all shameful or disgraceful about the idea in its originality. It was usually a reference to covering up the body. "Hades" was thought to be the realm of Hell, but it was never truly meant to be so... I could go on for a few hours about how the fallacy of the concept was never found in antiquity. So now, what is the nature of Hell?

Hell is a fabricated idea of convenience, in essence. Its nature is simply a tool of conversion. On the most basic level, it can be seen as the idea of "convert or suffer like this!" But it wasn't simply that. Frightening people out of traditions of such deep roots would certainly not be the most successful method, and would probably have gotten people extremely mad at the converters who were trying to get them to change their existence around this concept of a new monotheistic practice.

Instead, we see an amalgamation that is quintessential to the development of many major religions. I know this to be true mostly of Christianity, which took on many aspects of the Pagan religions in terms of symbolism, holiday dates, villification of local deities (or "saintification" of them by having a patron saint of their aspects), so on. Islam also integrated a lot of the culture of the areas it took up in striving for God ("jihad" means "striving"... It's just the connotation tha tended to mean warfare) since usually only about 25% of their conquered territories were Muslims. We see then primarily through the villification of the Paganistic idols and their images a way to try to "logically" convince people that they are following the wrong practice.

The Middle Ages were a period where usually the only people who had any kind of formal education were either rich members of the elite or clergy. When a clergyman had himself a captive audience during the manorialism times, he had power over the people. The lord of the land either made people go to church or faced the wrath of eventually finding him and his entire territory excommunicated, which usually led to a rebellion. The priest, therefore, was free to interpret what he read however he best wished to keep those Feudal folks in his control. Fear was exploited with those already believing in order to keep them entirely faithful to whatever might be asked of them by the church, and to keep people in line with the order of things.

Conceptually, Hell came from so many different sources that enumerating them would be an impossible exercise in futility. But a lot of what we consider Hell to be is made up, ossified, and then eventually canonized by the collective community. Dante is an excellent example of that, as he painted a very vivid picture of exactly what would happen to you if you went to Hell. He was, however, very upset with the Catholic church for their actions during that time (Think Boniface VIII and his "get out of Purgatory free" passes being handed out for money). His view can be considered pretty biased, yet many of those concepts still linger with us today.

This topic deserves an entire essay. I'm being terribly brief with it all, but in essence it's a creation of time rather than antiquity. Would tracing it back to its roots and giving this information out make any difference at this point? Probably not. It's become an ingrained concept that could really only be unlearned with time in the same slow, painstaking method in which its mythos was built.

Answer 10

Hell is in you own mind. Or maybe under Roseann.

Answer 11

hell is in your state of mind.
you decide whether you're going there or not...because the last time that checked God gave us FREEDOM OF CHOICE aka FREE WILL.
he laid down to us, through the prophets, how to live our lives.
So, if you choose to do things your way life is rough; if do it the suggested way life is good; now notice the key word SUGGESTED: meaning he will not force you to do anything at all, come judgment day beware!!!
And if you want to know his suggestions read his word through his prophets and his books; cause God is most merciful and most forgiving!!!
He's always willing to help you out...if you're willing to help yourself and willing to listen.