Try to explain what Hell is without sounding like a completely moronic fairy tale writer. thank you.
2006-09-10 09:25:51 · 18 answers · asked by Bistro 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hell is a place of consciousness-ref Lk 16:23,24; a place of DARKNESS-Mt 8:12; eternal separation from your loved ones-ref Lk 13:28; not the slightest hope of release-ref Mt 25:46. There is the torment of memory in hell. You may remember every single chance you had to repent, yet you refused-ref Lk 16:27,28.
It is written, WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE-Rev 20:15; HELL FIRE-Mt 18:9; Mk 9:47; DEVOURING FIRE-Isa 33:14; EVERLASTING FIRE-Mt 25:41; a FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED-Mk 9:43; THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE-Rev 20:10; COALS OF FIRE-Pv 25:22; UNQUENCHABLE FIRE-Mt 3:12; FURNACE OF FIRE-Mt 13:42; VENGEANCE OF ETERNAL FIRE-Jude 7; RAGING FIRE THAT WILL CONSUME THE ENEMIES OF GOD-Heb 10:27 NIV; TORMENTED WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE-Rev 14:10; ETERNAL JUDGMENT-Heb 6:2; EVERLASTING BURNINGS-Isa 33:14; EVERLASTING CONTEMPT-Dan 12:2; EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT-Mt 25:46; EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION-2 Thes 1:9; TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOR EVER AND EVER-Rev 20:10; THEY ARE BURNED-Jn 15:6; WHERE THEIR WORM DIETH NOT, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED-Mk 9:46; THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT ASCENDETH UP FOR EVER AND EVER: AND THEY HAVE NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT-Rev 14:11; SHAME-Dan 12:2; PAINS OF HELL-Ps 116:3; OUTER DARKNESS-Mt 8:12; WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH-Mt 8:12; WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH-Mt 13:42; HE LIFT UP HIS EYES, BEING IN TORMENTS-Lk 16:23; AND HE CRIED...I AM TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME-Lk 16:24; HAVE MERCY ON ME-Lk 16:24.
This is the eternal destiny of most people.
2006-09-10 09:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by ca_rissa3505 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hell is a place where people experience the Just consequences for the harm they did to others (by their actions or by their inaction). The punishment will fit the crime.
The Bible indicates that there are different levels of punishment in hell. And the language used in the Bible is consistent with Hell not being necessarily eternal.
2006-09-10 09:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Hell" is described within Christian terms as the place where people go if they do not devote their lives to Jesus Christ, accept him as their saviour, and repent for their sins. It's not necessarily people who have done "bad things", it's people who do "bad things" and then don't repent for them later.
As for Hell itself the traditional view of it, with hellfire and brimstone and pitchforks, is a view that was brought about primarily in the Middle Ages. It's seen as the prison for the Devil and fallen angels (demons), a place where sinners are eternally tormented by said Demons, and the last light of God's love and compasion cannot be felt (arguably the worst punishment of all). A Christian friend of mine described it more as being in a room devoid of all light where there is nothing but pain and torment, which is certainly a more harrowing vision than firey pits and demons with pitchforks.
2006-09-10 09:31:06 · answer #3 · answered by Maxx Power 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to inform you, but we are the ones who send ourselves to hell, by our wrong choices in this life.
Think about what you said: would a savior really be a savior if he sent people to a place of torment?
He would be more like the opposite, i.e the devil.
2006-09-10 09:32:18 · answer #4 · answered by STILL standing 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
remember me dummy??
hell is a place of torture,hate, fire and pure evil...THAT IS NOT A FAIRY TALE!! no one sends us there...the deciisions are up to us... only YOU CAN SEND YOURSELF (it will be your fault not anyone elses,every decision you make is yours)...GOD is offering us an everlasting life of happiness..where all pain and suffering, starvation, tears,hurt, betrayal and sadness etc end...and only God can end it...its not to late to accept jesus into your heart as lord and savior and turn your life around...it doesnt matter how big and bad and tough you are are... you WILL BE AFRAID and you'll drop down on your knees but then it would be too late...you wont regret it if you turn to god, he is every where.. he is here to help those who ask in faith and seek....if you cant make it to a local christian church, read a bible from the beginning..
2006-09-10 19:33:07 · answer #5 · answered by LoVeLy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell is waking up aching all over
because you live on the street.
hell is never knowing when your
next meal is going to come.
hell is living in a household where
your parents scream at and hit each other
and sometimes you.
hell is watching your favorite pet
be put to sleep.
hell is having to rely on drugs and
alcohol just to get through the day.
hell is how you feel and where you are
after you have just been raped.
many people think hell will happen to bad people after they die. i think hell exists now.
hope i helped explain it a little better for you. :)
2006-09-10 09:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by lostcause8436 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We all (our souls not bosdies) live eternally. We either chose Christ as our Lord and Savior and accept His payment He made for us on the Cross and live for ever with Him or we chose to not believe and accept Him and live for ever in eternal hell, seperate from Him, with no peace, no rest, in eternal pain and suffering. Wishing we had only believed before it was to late. Go to biblegateway.com and search for hell, damnation, pit and it will give you biblical descriptions of hell.
2006-09-10 09:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by Brian W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell is where you decide to go. It is a choice, kind of like answering the stupid quesitions on YA posted by Athiests, one chooses to "go there."
BC
2006-09-10 09:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by Bad Cosmo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try making the choice where you would rather go for eternity....and try not to sound like a complete moron when you do so...
2006-09-10 09:31:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am going to describe to you a plane that is in a higher dimension, all but beyond our comprehension, and you want me to tell you about it like I was describing the inside of the courthouse down town?
Which one of us is nuts?
2006-09-10 10:31:25 · answer #10 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋