2006-06-19 08:50:49 · 9 answers · asked by Casey K 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Paradise that you are actually referring to is a Jehovah's Witness belief. Wheras they believe only 144,000 people will be going to Heaven, the ones who don't go Hell (which in their belief is the grave, not a fiery place) will go to paradise - which will be on Earth, but perfect..
Some people would conisder it purgatory -between heaven and hell..
2006-06-19 13:03:58 · answer #1 · answered by Tam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Dante's Divine Comedy, the 1st part is called Inferno. In Inferno, the 2nd of 9 levels of hell is a paradise. It is for good people not of the covenant of Israel, who lived before the Christ's sacrifice, and so in Dante's philosophy--and that of medieval Catholicism--could not qualify to be in God's presence. This is what you may be asking about. Although I've never heard of the Catholic church giving approval or disapproval of the Divine Comedy.
2006-06-19 16:22:10 · answer #2 · answered by Dale T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from the eons of "Heaven" (Paradise)... and the material plane there are other spatial dimensions that exist on the opposite (relative to the Creator) end of the coarseness-subtlety scale. These are layers of hell
2006-06-19 15:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by whattodo30 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of a multilayered hell but not that one was called paradise. I don't believe in hell unless you are talking about Earth.
2006-06-19 15:52:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dante wrote of multi levels of hell in Dante's Inferno and Dante's Paradise. Perhaps that's what you are after?
2006-06-19 15:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Hax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you are thinking of the LDS concept of the afterlife. Before judgement, spirits wait in Spirit Prison or Paradise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Prison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_world
Not really hell, but perhaps what you're looking for.
2006-06-19 15:57:24 · answer #6 · answered by Mantis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are referring to hades rather than hell. Tradition holds that there are two compartments to hades---the saved and the unsaved. The saved compartment is known as Abraham's bosom and the unsaved compartment is known as hell.
2006-06-19 15:54:19 · answer #7 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've only heard that there are many hells; different ones for different crimes and that there are many different heavens....never heard of what you're talking about though...interesting to look into.
2006-06-19 15:54:28 · answer #8 · answered by rubiusmommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or two manifestation of Heaven as an opposites to each other, one of them called Hell....relax it is only here, on Earth, happens only in our minds, and if you believe that you are in your mind, then you will experience both, as bellow so above....
2006-06-19 17:07:49 · answer #9 · answered by Oleg B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋