Why believe in going to Hell?

Question

The bible clearly states that you do not go to Hell. You simply cease to exist if you don't follow the teachings of Jesus.

thanx Shell

Answer 1

Hell is just that you simply cease to exist.
The wages of sin is death.
Ecc.9:5 The living are conscience that they will die but the dead are conscience of nothing at all.

Answer 2

'Really? What verse says that? '

in awsner to that.

ecc 9:5

IN ITS original languages, the Bible uses the Hebrew word she’ohl′ and its Greek equivalent hai′des more than 70 times. Both words are related to death. Some Bible translations render them as “grave,” “hell,” or “pit.” However, in most languages there are no words that convey the precise sense of these Hebrew and Greek words. The New World Translation therefore uses the words “Sheol” and “Hades.” What do these words really mean? Let us note how they are used in different Bible passages.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 states: “There is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, the place to which you are going.” Does this mean that Sheol refers to a specific, or individual, grave site where we may have buried a loved one? No. When the Bible refers to a specific burial place, or grave, it uses other Hebrew and Greek words, not she’ohl′ and hai′des. (Genesis 23:7-9; Matthew 28:1) Also, the Bible does not use the word “Sheol” for a grave where several individuals are buried together, such as a family grave or a mass grave.—Genesis 49:30, 31.

To what kind of place, then, does “Sheol” refer? God’s Word indicates that “Sheol,” or “Hades,” refers to something much more than even a large mass grave. For instance, Isaiah 5:14 notes that Sheol is “spacious and has opened its mouth wide beyond bounds.” Although Sheol has already swallowed, so to speak, countless dead people, it always seems to hunger for more. (Proverbs 30:15, 16) Unlike any literal burial site, which can hold only a limited number of the dead, “Sheol and the place of destruction themselves do not get satisfied.” (Proverbs 27:20) Sheol never becomes full. It has no limits. Sheol, or Hades, is thus not a literal place in a specific location. Rather, it is the common grave of dead mankind, the figurative location where most of mankind sleep in death.

The Bible teaching of the resurrection helps us to gain further insight into the meaning of “Sheol” and “Hades.” God’s Word associates Sheol and Hades with the sort of death from which there will be a resurrection. (Job 14:13; Acts 2:31; Revelation 20:13) God’s Word also shows that those in Sheol, or Hades, include not only those who have served Jehovah but also many who have not served him. (Genesis 37:35; Psalm 55:15) Therefore, the Bible teaches that there will be “a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.”—Acts 24:15.


*In contrast, the dead who will not be raised are described as being, not in Sheol, or Hades, but “in Gehenna.” (Matthew 5:30; 10:28; 23:33) Like Sheol and Hades, Gehenna is not a literal place

Answer 3

Hell is a state of mind opposite heaven. One cannot talk of going to heaven if someone is not aware of Hell. It is like no one can see the light unless he is in the dark, no can know white if there is no black. So it is impossible for the Bible not to say there is no hell if it speaks of having heaven. Read you Bible again, the ones that wrote about the Old and the New Testaments not just the New because the Old is not truly Nullified and Void yet.

Answer 4

Where does the Bible clearly state that you do not go to hell? Matthew 10:28 states "Don't be afraid of people, who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the one who can destroy the soul and the body in hell." Revelation 21:8 says "But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worhip idols, and who tell lies - all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur." - referring to hell. Revelation 14:11 says "And the smoke from their burning pain will rise forever and ever." In 2 Peter 2:4 it says, "When angels sinned, God did not let them go free without punishment. He sent them to hell and put them in caves of darkness where they are being held for judgment." Hell is also described in Matthew 13:42, Mark 9:47-48, and James 3:16. How can you not believe in hell when the Word of the Lord describes it so clearly.

Answer 5

Let's say a nuclear war happens and you're in a closed building and people get a killer flu. Do you keep them with you or throw them oustide in an effort to save those without the flu.

You're choice.

Without a hell there can be no heaven.

There has to be GOOD and EVIL, RIGHT AND WRONG.

These were concepts God didn't want Man to have, but Man took them anyway and is stuck with them.

Maybe God handles them better, after all God's been around over 6,000 years maybe over 6 billion years. That tends to make you wiser. Most of us are barely around for 90 years!

Answer 6

I don't think it says that, that's man's interpretation or his means to control by way of fear.

Hell, if anything, is a state of consciousness. You existed before you arrived here and will exist after you leave. I'm talking about your true essence (your soul or however you see it). We have a break in consciousness that makes all humans forget our connection to source and who we really are.

To learn from Jesus' teachings is magnificent endeavor! The challenge is to discover HIS teachings. Remember the books were written about his teachings by MEN and interpreted by MEN. But we know he was a magnificent being of God and so are you.

Answer 7

I do not know why someone believes that you would "cease to exist" because you don't follow the teachings of another. That is just plain non-sensical and "truths" like that is why the bible should be disregarded.

Answer 8

Going to hell is the opposite of going to heaven. Literally, I don't believe in it like that.

Hell is associated with how you live your life, and what you will leave on earth as your legacy - torment? bad deeds?

Heaven on the other hand means that you helped people, were kind, did good things for people, where honest, lead a good life.

So, believe it or not, you make your own hell.

Answer 9

Given the Jewish people do not believe in Hell ... and the influence on early Christianity from other local belief structures ... the Christian Hell is likely an adaptation of the Greek mythological belief, retooled to enable control through fear.

Answer 10

Fear is what helps us run our lives. If people do not have a fear of Hell then for many people, there's no reason to be good. Plus, people also want to believe that anyone who has wronged them will be punished harshly - if not in this life, then in the next.

Answer 11

The Bible says there is a resurrection into something termed "death" instead of "life."

FAQ: How could a loving God cast people into hell?


"And I have the keys of hell and death, signifies that He alone can save. By "keys" is signified the power of opening and shutting; here the power of opening hell, that man may be brought forth, and of shutting, lest, when he is brought forth, he should enter again. For man is born in evils of all kinds, thus in hell, for evils are hell; he is brought out of it by the Lord, to whom belongs the power of opening it. That by "having the keys of hell and death," is not meant the power of casting into hell, but the power of saving, is because it immediately follows after these words:

Behold, I am alive for ages of ages;

by which is signified that He alone is eternal life (n. 60); and the Lord never casts anyone into hell, but man casts himself. By "keys" is signified the power of opening and shutting, in Revelation also (3:7; 9:1; 20:1; also in Isa. 22:21, 22; in Matt. 16:19; and in Luke 11:52). The power of the Lord is not only over heaven, but also over hell; for hell is kept in order and connection by oppositions against heaven; for which reason, He who rules the one must necessarily rule the other; otherwise man could not be saved; to be saved is to be brought out of hell" (Apocalypse Revealed n. 62).