Is there a literal hell where people go after they die?

Answer 1

Yes. Everyone is blessed with eternal life. The only question is where they are going to spend it.

Prayers to you and yours. <><

Answer 2

Mordern theology is coming to the understanding that "hell" or the "place of eternal torment/punishment" is more of a state of existence, than an actual physical location somewhere in the universe. Likewise so is heaven. If we can see heaven as "eternal existence in the presence of God" wherever we are physically, then hell will be the opposite, ie "eternal existence separated from God". The reason this will be so bad is because at the Resurrection and last judgement, ALL men will truly and completely experience being in the presence of God while being judged (Scripture says "For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear..Is 45:24). This experience will be the one thing that our souls crave right now, that we can only barely approximate through finding true love with a spouse. If you can imagine such an orgasmic, climactic love that never ends, then you can imagine what heaven will be like. And then if you can imagine having that experience once, then have it taken away from you for all eternity, you will begin to understand the eternal torment that "hell" will be.

Answer 3

No - hell is symbolic for the state of mind that we experience HERE and NOW that sees itself as separate from God and everything else. We see ourselves as separate individuals, with separate bodies and personalities, that are born, live, and die. Sometimes this aloneness is mitigated by certain beliefs but the only real way to remove it is to get a direct experience of what we really are - it's called an enlightenment experience and it shows us that we are NEVER alone (God is ALWAYS there) and that hell, guilt, sin, damnation, and judgment are NOT part of God. All that negative stuff (especially hell) have become literal to many people because they are PROJECTIONS of people's ego thought systems.

Answer 4

Jesus said, "You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?" (Matthew 23:33)

Jesus warned people many times about hell. If it weren't a real place, why would He bother speaking about it at all?

In fact, He spoke of hell more often than He did heaven, yet everyone seems to think that's where they're going instead.

This, however is the fate that awaits all who are deceived: "Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. (This is the second death-the lake of fire.) Anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:14)

Answer 5

i would say no , not the hell portrayed in biblical teachings
i feel that hell was created by those wishing to keep everyone in line and fear the consequences
i do however believe that we go to a level of spirit depending on our progression in this world
some of those levels would not be great if we have led a terribly bad life here ( and i mean terrible not some silly man made sin )
but from each of those levels we can if we choose progress at any time we are ready to

Answer 6

No...there's a literal hell in the sense of what you make your life here. You can be a bad person and lead a hellish life of self punishment, guilt, etc. Conversely you can be a good person and lead a heavenly life helping others with compassion, loving those around you, etc. PEACE!

Answer 7

Yes ther is and you don't have to believe in it to go there. Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and the UNBELIEVING, and the abominable and murders and whoremongers and sorderers and idolaters and ALL liars shall hae their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death, The first death is described in Rev. 20:12 thru15

Answer 8

Well here is a web sight i finally found.
It depicts what miners dug in Siberia in the forties they claim to have dug a hole deep enough to hit the earths mantle or the opening of hell itself listen and see there is a RP sound clip from what they heard on the bottom of the page. whether it's true well that's up to the beholder.
http://www.av1611.org/hell.html
Messenger

Answer 9

No, hell is but a state of mind to do with your beliefs, it is not a physical place to which you are condemned by God.

Pope John Paul II agreed in the following quote.

SPEECH: JULY 21, 1999: http://www.solt3.org/purgatory2.htm

In three Wednesday Audiences, Pope John Paul II pointed out that the essential characteristic of heaven, hell or purgatory is that they are states of being of a spirit (angel/demon) or human soul, rather than places, as commonly perceived and represented in human language. This language of place is, according to the Pope, inadequate to describe the realities involved, since it is tied to the temporal order in which this world and we exist. In this he is applying the philosophical categories used by the Church in her theology and saying what St. Thomas Aquinas said long before him.

"Incorporeal things are not in place after a manner known and familiar to us, in which way we say that bodies are properly in place; but they are in place after a manner befitting spiritual substances, a manner that cannot be fully manifest to us." [St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Supplement, Q69, a1, reply 1]

Answer 10

when you die, you go to sleep. No one goes to heaven, no one goes to hell. They sleep until Jesus comes and resurrects us. the 'dead in Christ' arise and reuinte with their loved ones to be taken to heaven.
the unrighteous, or condemned, are then raised in the second resurrection, which takes place at the end of a 1000years. This resureection proceeds to the final judgement and condemnation (john 5:29). they will then be cast into the lake of fire and experience the 2nd death(rev20:14,15)

Answer 11

Yes. I have known someone who had a near-death experience, and he didn't go to a lovely place with light and peace, happy relatives, etc. It was every bit as horrible as the bible says it will be. The demons were hiddeous and cruel.

Do yourself a favor and trust in Jesus now - My friend sure did right after that experience.