Would endless misery benefit the Almighty, as the INFLICTOR?
Would endless misery benefit the saints, as SPECTATORS?
Would endless misery benefit the sinner, as the SUFFERER?
2006-07-15 06:25:10 · 22 answers · asked by malisimo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, no, and no.
2006-07-15 06:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Endless misery benefits the sinner if they like the same thing day in and day out, which they obviously must if they keep repeating the same sin.
Endless misery benefits the saints as spectators because enterity is a long time with nothing to do, it will be fun to watch something even if it does get boring.
Endless misery benefits the Almighty, because he's the one selling the tickets to the show.
Anymore questions?
2006-07-15 13:32:31 · answer #2 · answered by arvecar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell is supposed to be the place where sinners go to suffer the justice of God.
But I ask you this:
Let's assume that you're an evil person; you have committed every sin under the sun. You live for 100 years, and then you die. Now you stand before God and he condems you to Hell for all time and eternity. Even with all the evil you've done in life, how is it just to suffer unimaginably for eternity for a finite amount of sin you committed in life? Is it just to suffer in the lake of fire for eons without end for a mere 100 years of iniquity?
2006-07-15 13:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by McGeezy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELL COMES FROM THE HEBREW WORD ((SHOEL )) IN THE OT AND THE GREEK WORD ((HADES )) IN THE NT BOTH SIMPLY MEAN THE (( GRAVE ))
AND THERE IS AN END TO HELL. AND THE LAKE OF FIRE IS NOT HELL BUT WHAT IS CALLED THE SECOND DEATH IN WHICH YOU THOSE WHO DON'T ACCEPT GOD WILL BE BURNED TO ASHES INTO NONEXISTENCE.
Re 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Re 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Re 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRIST. HE WAS NOT LEFT IN HELL BECAUSE HE WAS RESURRECTED AND HE DID NOT SEE CORRUPTION OR WHAT WE CALL DECAY BECAUSE HE WAS IN HELL OR (( THE GRAVE )) FOR ONLY 3 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS.
Ac 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Ac 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his FLESH did see corruption.
2006-07-15 13:35:50 · answer #4 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The benefit of hell is nonexistence. An all loving god would not want to be worshiped, because it would do nothing for him, so the worship, and give money part is just proof that religion was made to control.
2006-07-15 13:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see no benefit to hell whatsoever:
Some say hell is punishment, yet the purpose of punishment is to learn and adjust ones behavior. Eternity in hell does not offer this.
Some act is if hell exists for the sinner, and God does not want people there. This means that either God is powerless to stop it (in which case he's not omnipitant), or he DOES want to send people to hell to avoid sending them elsewhere.
2006-07-15 13:28:19 · answer #6 · answered by DougDoug_ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing. If someone begs to differ, ask them to prove it. There has yet to be a single iota of evidence supporting the existence of hell or Satan. It was just a concept created by Christianity to scare people into joining their religion.
2006-07-15 13:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by tomleah_06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Hell is already in Earth. Just turn on the TV or radio to discover it.
pd: Specially my city in summer (south of Spain but not in the coast) and with no good air conditioning, upppssss!!!!
2006-07-15 13:33:57 · answer #8 · answered by muchomenosjodida2007/2008 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The benefits of hell include not having to live near those stupid prudes the rest of eternity.
All this assuming that heaven and hell both exist, of course.
2006-07-15 13:28:51 · answer #9 · answered by Eileen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friend,
Hell is not about benefits. It is about Justice.
Hell is a consequence of the Justice of God -- and the harm/evil that is done by humans (to each other) during their lifetimes on earth.
Cordially,
John
2006-07-15 13:29:06 · answer #10 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you inflict your torment upon yourself. i can never recall exactly but it goes: "Of all great secrets know this well, I -myself- am Heaven and Hell". the Almighty passes judgement. the saints have better things to do. the living can change, you can't. one would hope so. though the suffering would be simply the consequence of your actions.
2006-07-15 13:32:06 · answer #11 · answered by gogododo3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋