2006-07-20 16:35:43 · 46 answers · asked by Olivia 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fantasy.
Do you want to know why?
Because the earth is surrounded by darkness.
There is no heaven and no hell.
Because according to the bible, there needs to be both to keep a balance.
And apparently, we've been to the most outer reaches of space and we have yet to see gabriel and his french horn and big shiney keys.
Therefore, no heaven, hell is nonexistant.
2006-07-20 16:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by Patient Paws 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
According to the religions of Amen (the pre-Jewish religions) hell was and is the place under the earth where the sun goes at night.
The Bible clearly keeps this tradition alive in all hell descriptions, and we get plenty of folklore about volcanic fire inside (or under) the earth to keep the sun hot.
read Dante on hell.
2006-07-20 16:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by PlayTOE- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell was created for the devil and all the fallen angels that rebelled against God. It was NEVER meant for man to go there, but a person will unless they repent and ask Jesus to be their Lord and Saviour. Man is a spirit and will live forever, either in Heaven in the presence of God, or in Hell separated for eternity from the presence of God.
2006-07-20 16:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by autiger1956 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately real, so read Mark 16:16 and Acts 2:38
2006-07-20 16:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by joy-ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fantasy? when I think of fantasy I think of something positive and cool. I really dont believe that its real, but I do believe in heaven so I guess I cant have one with out the other.?
2006-07-20 16:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell is real. Hell is where people who reject Jesus go. God does not want people to go there, but people choose to reject God by their own free will. The Bible says that God "is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." and also the Bible says "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." -John 3:16 Jesus used the valley of Gehenna to describe the horrible reality of eternal punishment. In other places, the Bible calls eternal punishment other things also, such as "the lake of fire, eternal fire, eternal punishment, everlasting contempt, etc...". God offers us grace and forgiveness and reconciliation through Jesus Christ who lived the perfect life that we could never life, suffered and died on the cross to pay for all of our sins, and rose again on the third day so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. Eternal life is an eternal relationship with God. We are saved by grace alone through a repentant faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior, resulting in the fruit of the Spirit. (Eph. 2:8-10). www.equip.org
2006-07-20 16:42:23 · answer #6 · answered by jamesdkral 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what religion (or denomination) you follow. If you're Protestant, Hell is a real, living place. If you're Catholic or Eastern Orthodox, Hell is a symbollic metaphor for the rejection of God and Christ after your death. If you're Jewish, there's not exactly a clear-cut definition of "Hell". If you're Muslim, Hell is a real, living place.
2006-07-20 16:39:00 · answer #7 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's real and we're all going to Hell cos according to most religion, one who does not follow their religion will go to hell and since there are more than 1 religion and since people do not belong to more than 1 religion, we can say that everyone is going to HELL
2006-07-20 16:51:23 · answer #8 · answered by sulphur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is real ,there for heaven is real ,there for Gods enemy is real therefor hell is real...look around you,all the evidence that proves that there is a God..eg..your family,trees,birds..etc..that voice in your head that tells you whats right and wrong is another reason to believe that hell is real...we live once and when we died we have no idea where we're headin to but one things for sure,no one wants to burn in hell for eternity
2006-07-20 16:44:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's real, but not the way it's portrayed in the bible or in Dante's inferno. I think it's more like they show on that weird movie "what dreams may come" with Robin Williams: basically it's like some time of afterlife strange and ugly place that is caused by one's own thoughts and fears.
2006-07-20 16:40:44 · answer #10 · answered by SkyRaider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋