Does this not contradict the statement that god is love?
Could it be that there is a misunderstanding of what hell actually is?
2006-09-19 03:29:08 · 25 answers · asked by research woman 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Psalms 17:10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol. You will not allow your loyal one to see the pit.
2006-09-25 08:06:29 · update #1
Remember that Jesus was there untill he was resurrected.
Acts 2:31 He saw beforehand and spoke concerning the resurection of the Christ that neither was he forsaken in Hades nor did his flesh see corruption.
2006-09-25 08:26:22 · update #2
Psalms 146:4 His spirit goes out, hegoes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish.
2006-09-25 08:30:26 · update #3
The God I worship is a God of love (1 John 4:8) and would never torture anyone. Satan loves it when people make God out to be so sadistic and cruel. The Bible hell is only the common grave, so all people who die go there.
Soon, death and hell will be destroyed forever as seen at Revelation 20:13-14--"And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." (The lake of fire is symbolic and means total destruction)
2006-09-19 04:33:49 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
he also will burn anyone in hell who thinks there is living a good life, all of our most righteous deeds to God are as good as a filthy rag. God is love because he sent his his son Jesus so that we could have a way to go to heaven. No hell is actually not the last place you will go, many people think that the lake of fire and hell are the same thing. Right now there is hell and satan runs hell, but when Jesus comes back, everybody in hell and satan will be thrown into the lack of fire. Read Revelations. But he does love us, and many of the people think that he is an unloving God, but how many times have you heard about this place called hell, so the majority of people that are in hell it is not like someone told them and warned them about it before they were sent there.
2006-09-19 10:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by ixfriendlyxi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
personally define Hell as a separation from GOD. whenever a parent disciplines a child they are punishing the child to correct inappropriate behavior. when doing so the parent is telling the child this behavior is wrong and not to do this action anymore. however when the parent punishes the parent never stops loving the child. correction is done to improve the child's behavior. no parent i know has ever stopped loving so feel GOD would punish anyone for misbehaving but not for eternity as this would be cruel and inhumane.
2006-09-19 10:41:24 · answer #3 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spare the rod and spoil the child, God is referring to adults. If he doesn't punish you then you'll always be bad.
8 Thus have you transgressed My commandment, and therefore I have brought on you all these sorrows.
9 For I am God the Creator, who, when I created My creatures, did not intend to destroy them. But after they had sorely roused My anger, I punished them with grievous plagues, until they repent.
10 But, if on the contrary, they still continue hardened in their transgression, they shall be under a curse forever."
2006-09-19 10:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
60: THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SPIRIT (1)
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Having shown that the spirit of man exists, 1 we must prove its immortality.
The immortality of the spirit is mentioned in the Holy Books; it is the fundamental basis of the divine religions. Now punishments and rewards are said to be of two kinds: first, the rewards and punishments of this life; second, those of the other world. But the paradise and hell of existence are found in all the worlds of God, whether in this world or in the spiritual heavenly worlds. Gaining these rewards is the gaining of eternal life. That is why Christ said, “Act in such a way that you may find eternal life, and that you may be born of water and the spirit, so that you may enter into the Kingdom.” 2
The rewards of this life are the virtues and perfections which adorn the reality of man. For example, he was dark and becomes luminous; he was ignorant and becomes wise; he was neglectful and becomes vigilant; he was asleep and becomes awakened; he was dead and becomes living; he was blind and becomes a seer; he was deaf and becomes a hearer; he was earthly and becomes heavenly; he was material and becomes spiritual. Through these rewards he gains spiritual birth and becomes a new creature. He becomes the manifestation of the verse in the Gospel where it is said of the disciples that they “were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, 224 but of God” 3 —that is to say, they were delivered from the animal characteristics and qualities which are the characteristics of human nature, and they became qualified with the divine characteristics, which are the bounty of God. This is the meaning of the second birth. For such people there is no greater torture than being veiled from God, and no more severe punishment than sensual vices, dark qualities, lowness of nature, engrossment in carnal desires. When they are delivered through the light of faith from the darkness of these vices, and become illuminated with the radiance of the sun of reality, and ennobled with all the virtues, they esteem this the greatest reward, and they know it to be the true paradise. In the same way they consider that the spiritual punishment—that is to say, the torture and punishment of existence—is to be subjected to the world of nature; to be veiled from God; to be brutal and ignorant; to fall into carnal lusts; to be absorbed in animal frailties; to be characterized with dark qualities, such as falsehood, tyranny, cruelty, attachment to the affairs of the world, and being immersed in satanic ideas. For them, these are the greatest punishments and tortures.
Likewise, the rewards of the other world are the eternal life which is clearly mentioned in all the Holy Books, the divine perfections, the eternal bounties and everlasting felicity. The rewards of the other world are the perfections and the peace obtained in the spiritual worlds after leaving this world, while the rewards of this life are the real luminous perfections which are realized in this world, and which are the cause of eternal life, for they are the very progress of existence. It is like the man who passes from the embryonic world to the state of maturity and becomes the manifestation of these words: “Blessed, therefore, be God, the most excellent of Makers.” 4 The rewards of the 225 other world are peace, the spiritual graces, the various spiritual gifts in the Kingdom of God, the gaining of the desires of the heart and the soul, and the meeting of God in the world of eternity. In the same way the punishments of the other world—that is to say, the torments of the other world—consist in being deprived of the special divine blessings and the absolute bounties, and falling into the lowest degrees of existence. He who is deprived of these divine favors, although he continues after death, is considered as dead by the people of truth.
The logical proof of the immortality of the spirit is this, that no sign can come from a nonexisting thing—that is to say, it is impossible that from absolute nonexistence signs should appear—for the signs are the consequence of an existence, and the consequence depends upon the existence of the principle. So from a nonexisting sun no light can radiate; from a nonexisting sea no waves appear; from a nonexisting cloud no rain falls; a nonexisting tree yields no fruit; a nonexisting man neither manifests nor produces anything. Therefore, as long as signs of existence appear, they are a proof that the possessor of the sign is existent.
Consider that today the Kingdom of Christ exists. From a nonexisting king how could such a great kingdom be manifested? How, from a nonexisting sea, can the waves mount so high? From a nonexisting garden, how can such fragrant breezes be wafted? Reflect that no effect, no trace, no influence remains of any being after its members are dispersed and its elements are decomposed, whether it be a mineral, a vegetable or an animal. There is only the human reality and the spirit of man which, after the disintegration of the members, dispersing of the particles, and the destruction of the composition, persists and continues to act and to have power.
This question is extremely subtle: consider it attentively. This is a rational proof which we are giving, so that 226 the wise may weigh it in the balance of reason and justice. But if the human spirit will rejoice and be attracted to the Kingdom of God, if the inner sight becomes opened, and the spiritual hearing strengthened, and the spiritual feelings predominant, he will see the immortality of the spirit as clearly as he sees the sun, and the glad tidings and signs of God will encompass him.
Tomorrow we will give other proofs.
1. Cf. “The Difference between Man and the Animal,” p. 185. [ Back To Reference]
2. Cf. John 3:5. [ Back To Reference]
3. John 1:13. [ Back To Reference]
4. Qur’án 23:14. [ Back To Reference]
2006-09-19 10:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by GypsyGr-ranny 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you were a kid and you disobeyed your parents/guardians were you not punished in some way? Does punishment = no love? No punishment, no guidance, no discipline = no love. If one does not guide, punish or discipline: how can one say they love the one's they are "leading or raising"? We are raising a generation of non-disciplined children who are going "hay-wire". Whatever GOD chooses as a way of punishment for the sins of man is understandable. If we strive to obey the ways of God there is nothing to be concerned about hell for. Hell may be misunderstood in one way or another. However, as for me I don't want to try to see it for me. There are consequences for all actions. Hell does not contradict the love of God for God's love does not send us to Hell. He lets us know that if we do not obey His commandments and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior what the consequences will be ... Hell is that consequence. God doesn't want us to go to Hell.
2006-09-19 10:49:52 · answer #6 · answered by CuriousGirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not here. We just weigh the heart at the end. If it weighs too much, you get to go live another life. The Gods and Goddesses ARE love.
"Hell" was actually taken from the German Goddess of the Underworld named "Hel". Hades is a Greek word for the grave. Hell doesn't exist.
2006-09-19 10:32:20 · answer #7 · answered by Ana 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There is no misunderstanding at all. Being a devout Christian, I Know I cannot lose my salvation, but if I had not accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, then yes, I would definitly burn in the eternal flames of hell.
2006-09-19 10:33:26 · answer #8 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God made a place for Satan and his followers to go beings they could no longer reside in God's holy Heaven. Those who reject God go to this place also beings they don't want to be with God. Hell will be Satans domain and he will be the little god there he always wanted to be. God doesn't make Hell a place of torture, torment, and evil. It is Satan that does and will do so. It's a place God made. Satan is the one that makes and will make it a living hell.
2006-09-19 10:33:33 · answer #9 · answered by Red neck 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i do
cuz Allah(the God) is not only the most Beneficent n merciful but also the Most powerful..
if he'd put everyone in to heaven then anybody can sin the way they like n this world wud become a living hell!!!!!
its logical!!!!
2006-09-19 10:37:06 · answer #10 · answered by Apple 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋