Is Hell real?

Question

How is it that people beleive Hell is a place of torment where there are demons and such,when the literal meaning both in the Hebrew { Sheol } and Greek { Hades } say it is the common grave of mankind,a hole in the ground a pit?
Eccl.9:5,10. Ps.146:4
In the Garden of Eden God told Adam from the earth you came and to the earth you will return? Never any mention of a place of torment. Do you think this can be another false teaching that goes back to ancient Babylon?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Do Not Worry, Hell is not real.
God is a loving god. And would never place his beloved children in such a blastpheous emvironment.(Psalms 33:5)
In all Bibles, it was a mere mistranslations saying that: You will burn eternaly in Hell".
No, All these sayings in the Scriptures were ment "Symbolicly". Not literal. It is only Mankind's Common Grave. Every Scripture about Hell in the bible says: Eternal punishment, eternal destruction for the wicked, the lake of fire and sulfur and etc.
The only being that will enter "the Lake of Fire" is Satan himself, clearly stated in the Book of Revelations: (Rev 20:10). These were clearly ment "the Second Death" not a firey Hell.
After death, the mind stays without feeling or thought, for both Good and Wicked.

Answer 3

Some people say we made God up. However, our beliefs don't just come from books. But from thousands of years of human
experience.
Things that are common today. Like near-death experiences,
where doctors bring people back who "died". Have been
occuring all along. Though not as often.
There are common aspects to these experiences, despite
ones beliefs. Many go to Heaven-like places. And some have
witnessed hell-like places.
Personally, I think an athiest has a better chance of getting to a heaven-like place than a hypocrite. But not THAT much.

Answer 4

There are three words translated "hell" in Scripture:
Gehenna (greek): The place of punishment (Matt. 5:22,29; 10:28; and James 3:6)
Hades (greek): The abode of the dead (Matt. 11:23; 16:18, Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27)
Sheol (Hebrew): The grave (Pslam 9:17; 16:10)

There are those who accept that hell is a place of punishment, but believe that the punishent is to be annihilated--to cease conscious existence. They can't conceive that the punishmet of the wicked will be conscious and eternal. If they are correct, then a man like Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for the deaths of millions, is being "punished" merely with eternal sleep. His fate is simply to return to the non-existent state he was in before he was born, where he doesn't even know that he is being punished.

However, Scripture paints a differet story. The rich man who found himself in hell (Luke 16:19-31) was conscious. He was able to feel pain, to thirst, and to experience remorse. He wasn't asleep in the grave; he was in a place of "torment."

If hell is a place of knowing nothing or a reference to the grave into which we go at death, Jesus's statments about hell make no sense. He said that if your hand, foot, or eye causes you to sin, it would be better to remove it than to "go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:43-48).

The bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following:
"Shame and everlating comptempt" (Daniel 12:2); "Everlasting punishment" (Mathew 25:46); "weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Mathew 24:51); "fire unquenchable" (Luke 3:17); "indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish" (Romans 2:8,9); "Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord" (2 Thessalonians 1:9); "Eternal fire... the blackness of darkness for ever" (Jude 7,13)

Revelation 14:10,11 tells us the final, eternal destiny of the sinner: "He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone... the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day or night."

Answer 5

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We (Muslim)believe in paradise and hell. Paradise is the abode of enjoyment which Allah, the Exalted, prepared for the righteous. No eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard of, and no human being has ever thought of the blessings that they will enjoy there: "No soul knows what comfort is kept hidden for them, as a reward for their deeds" (32:17). Hell is the abode of punishment that Allah has prepared for the unbelievers and the evildoers. The torture and horror in it cannot be imagined: "Surely, We have prepared for the evildoers a fire, whose pavilion encompasses them. If they call for help, they will be helped with water like molten copper which will scald their faces. How dreadful a drink and how evil a resting place!" (18:29).

Both paradise and hell exist now and will never perish: "Whoever believes in Allah and does righteousness, He will admit him to gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever. Allah had indeed made for him an excellent provision" (65-11); "Certainly, Allah has cursed the unbelievers and prepared for them a blazing fire to dwell therein forever, they shall find neither protector nor helper. On the day when their faces are turned about in the fire they shall say: 'Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!"' (33: 64-6).

Source:
http://www.ediscoverislam.com/clm1-10.asp

Answer 6

Hell was actually added to the bible in the Middle Ages by the Papacy..as was the idea of an Anti-Christ, neither of which are talked about in the bible.

Good old Catholics, making stuff up to scare people *chukles*

NB

By the way guys, Revelations was also written in the recent 15th Century, by a British Anglican...some prophetic book hey?

Answer 7

Hel was the daughter of the trickster God Loki. In many ways, she is similar to the Greek goddess, Hecate. Hel is called upon for magick, divination and she was the guardian of the crossroads.
Though the Christian version of the underworld gets its name from this Norse Goddess, the realm that she actually ruled was quite different from the fire & brimstone Hell. The underworld of Norse myth was actually called Niflheim and there went the souls of those who died, but not in battle (usually of old age, accident or disease). Hel ruled here from her own hall, Helheim. Sometimes the names Niflheim and Helheim are used interchangeably, and then her hall is called Sleet-Den.
Though her role might seem unpleasant, she was happy when given the Underworld as her kingdom. In thanks, it was Hel who gave Odin his pair of ravens, Huginn and Muninn.

Answer 8

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Incidentally, the burning hell idea came after a man called Dante created a painting of what his concept of hell was. (Dante's Infurno")
It was widely noted and seen by many. I don't know where it can be seen today, but guess it may be in a catholic church somewhere in Europe. Some of our knowledgeable friends might help with this....

Answer 9

Because if hell does not exist, christianity loses everything it's based on. If hell doesn't exist, sin doesn't have a point since noone is punished. If sin doesn't have a use, then why did Jesus die to save us from a non-existant danger?

So Hell must exist to them for christianity to exist.

Answer 10

Hell is a Greek concept.