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2006-11-06 18:36:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well...yes and no.
In the Old Testament, the word "Sheol" does NOT mean the same as Hell. It simply means the grave; Judaism doesn't hold a belief in Hell, and never has.
In the New Testament, the word translated as Hell is Hades, the Greek word for the underworld, and would have been a very powerful word to use at the time; the Greco-Roman belief was that ALL souls, with the possible exceptions of poets and priests, went to the underworld, and it wasn't a terribly nice place. Early Christianity didn't spread heaven or hell as a choice; instead, heaven was shown as an alternative to Hades for the common man.
The book of Revelations talks about a lake of fire at the end of the world, as separate from Hades...like the answerer above shows with the verse referencing Hades being thrown into the lake of fire. This is where the "fire and brimstone" description of Hell comes from.
2006-11-06 19:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by angk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the Bible does NOT support the common concept of hell. Suzette is quite right (and I'm surprised, because so few people really know what the Bible says about the dead and hell).
For a little more information on what is hell, I've written an answer to someone elses question on the subject, see:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvzF_cPwbV2GMdYNCaV8RwPsy6IX?qid=1006041823737
As you can see, though Gehenna is translated as 'hell', and it involves fire, it is nothing like the common concept of hell. Gehenna is not the place where the Devil and his demons reside, nor will people be tormented there forever. Gehenna is a type of the lake of fire mentioned in the book of Revelation. Those who do end up in the lake of fire (symbolically called Gehenna) will be completely destroyed, and will become as though they never existed, merely ashes under the feet of the saints (Mt 10:28, Ob 16, Mal 4:3).
2006-11-07 03:41:06 · answer #2 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible is wrongly translated. In the old testament there is one way that hell is translated. It is from a Hebrew word meaning simply the grave or in the ground. It is called hades. There was a time when people talked of burying thier potatoes and turnips in hades to protect them from freezing in the winter.
IN the new testament it is mistranslated in two ways. One is from a large pit in I think the city of Jerusalem where trash, dead animals and even the poor and or criminals were thrown in instead of buried. It burned constantly. Since the bible also speaks of the lake of fire which is supposed to be where the devil and his angels will burn forever this pit in Jerusalem was used as a metaphore to scare and control people.
Actually if one believes in the bible then you should know that since the devil and his angels are supposed to be immortal then they are the only ones who will burn eternally in the lake of fire. Humans are not immortal and even the bible states that the wicked will be ashes under the saints feet.
Of course it is all crap and is made up to control humans into submission and keep the masses as ingorant as possible. But even traditional christianity has it all wrong. Study it for yourself. You may be enlightened.
2006-11-07 03:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was right about hell. It's not that the Bible doesn't talk about hell, it's that the general conception of the word translated as hell is not what the Bible actually says.
I noticed that she quoted from the Bible, too. Check the scriptures out yourself and find out the truth about it is the best way.
2006-11-07 03:34:15 · answer #4 · answered by lovebibleresearch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Hell wasn't introduced as a concept until Luther or Calvin (sadistic pigs both of them)decided to use fire and brimstone to scare his followers into doing what he said.
2006-11-07 02:47:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, Because if you read the book of Revelations (in its' entirety) you will get all the information of Hell you will need.
2006-11-07 02:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the bible describes hell like lather, rinse, repeat describes how to sharpen a pencil.
G-d is definitely going to ask people to account for the sins they haven't made amends for after death... buts its not going to be "burning eternally in hell"... how can your entirely spiritual soul feel pain? and burning eternally in hell contradicts G-ds perfect justice... it simply does not fit the crime
2006-11-07 02:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No ! Jesus tells us about hell many times,and He describes it
quite clearly.
2006-11-07 02:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sure it does, but in a negative way. Why boast about your competition right?
2006-11-07 03:18:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
in old testament no
but in new testament you will see a lot
2006-11-07 05:54:50 · answer #10 · answered by vachool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋