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Stupid question. You have to die to find out. You know any dead guys? (And don't say "Christ" because as you believ he did go there but he din't say anything about it.)

The real question is that how can a God justify eternal punishment for a finite life of sin? Or how can he put the choice of whether or not to believe in him in the hands of such fallible and sinful creatures as man? Kinda like putting a gun in the hands of a retard, eh?

2006-11-14 17:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Tom G 1 · 0 1

Is Hell a Just punishment for sin?
Have you ever seen someone tortured?Ihope not. Deliberate torture is sickening and abhorrent. What, though,of torture inflicted by God? Can you imagine such a thing?
Yet, this is exactly what is implied by the teaching of hellfire, an official doctrine in many religions.
Imagine, for a moment, the following horrific scene. A person is being roasted on a hot iron plate. In his agony he screams for mercy, but nobody listens, the torture goes on and on hour by hour, day by day---without any pause!
Whatever crime the victim may have commited, would not your heart go out to him? What of the one who ordered the torture? Could he be a loving person? In no way! Love is merciful and shows pity. A loving father may punish his children, but he would never torture them!
Never theless, many religions teach that God tortures sinners in eternal hellfire. This is claimed, is devine justice. If this is true, who created that terrible place of eternal torment? And who is responsible for the excruciating agonies inflicted there? The answer would seem obvious. If such a place really exists, then God would have to be creator of it, and he would be responsible for what happens there.
Can you accept that? The Bible says:" God is love."(1John4:8) Would a God of love inflict torture that even humans with any measure of decency find revolting? Surely not!
Still, many believe that the wicked will go to a fiery hell and be tormented forever. Is this teaching logical? The human lifespan is limited to 70 or 80 years. Even if some one perpetrated extreme wickedness for his whole lifetime, would everlasting torment be a just punishment?No it would be grossly unjust to torment a man forever for thelimited number of sins that he can commit in a lifetime.Who knows the truth about what hapens after we die?Only God can reveal this information, and he has done so in his written Word, the Bible, refered to above. Here is what the Bible says."As the [beast]dies, so the man dies; and they all have but one spirit....... All are going to one place. They have all come from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust(Ecclesiastes3:19,20)There is no mention here of a fiery hell. Humans return to dust----to nonexistance----when they die.
In order to be tormented an individual must be conscious. Are the dead conscious?No"The living are conscious that they will die, but as for the dead they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten."(Ecclesiastes9:5) It is impossible for the dead."conscious of nothing at all," to experience the agonies of hellfire.

2006-11-15 01:39:39 · answer #2 · answered by I speak Truth 6 · 0 1

Heaven and hell are two different destinations depending on which route you take in life and you're already enjoying or suffering as a result of your deeds. But the creator wants humans to be prosperous as that's the ultimate goal of every work of creation.

2006-11-15 01:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by Pishisauraus 3 · 0 1

Go to this web site and in the Nava-Bar you will se the link "Heaven and Hell" Click on it and read that.

hell connot be forever no loving God/dess would ever let his children stay in that place forever.

2006-11-15 01:44:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Imagine the deepest purest most absolute Love , multiply that times a trillion to millionth exponent, and then,

not having any of it.

That is hell.

2006-11-15 01:08:50 · answer #5 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 0 1

Hell, or Heaven, Blessing or torture,
deep in you, you have the answer to your own question,
you just dont want to believe it.

2006-11-15 01:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by Faith Walker 4 · 0 1

Its a threat they made up so we don't sin.

2006-11-15 01:08:33 · answer #7 · answered by mary j 2 · 2 0

it's psychological terrorism

2006-11-15 01:49:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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