If God loves everybody why are there people in hell being tormented forever?
2006-11-24 16:59:23 · 26 answers · asked by bartmcqueary 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, God knows and made everything. All ideas as well as all physical reality. So God planned on making Hell before he ever made a person.
Since he didn't bother coming up with a better plan than eternal torment... I guess he obviously doesn't love the Hellbound all that much.
2006-11-24 17:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1) Hell = Grave Isa 14:15
2) The dead are put in the ground = grave Isa 14:15
3) We are not conscience while in the dead state. Ecc 9:5
4) No torment is now or has ever been going on. Rev 14:7-12
5) The torment of the wicked will happen AFTER the Judgment has taken place and then only as long as it takes to make a righteous judgment for their sins, the 'for ever and ever' means for as long as there is a sin to pay for that they have committed in THIS life, as there is NO other life to have, or live.
2006-11-25 01:19:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course God loves all his children, even those that are in Hell. Do good parents love their children even when they are bad, of course, they may not love the childs actions, but they always will love the child. So if God being perfect and having a perfect love, would He not love us more than our earthly parents possibly be able to? People go to Hell because of choices they have made, the Lord has set rules and commandments, rules and commandments that if followed will give us joy and happiness and blessings far greater than we can imagine, yet while those who keep these rules and commandments are met with great things, those who CHOOSE to disobey these rules and commandments will be punished. Its through these opposites that the Lord makes his plan possible, He doesnt want people to break his commandments, people just choose to. And like most earthly parents, when a child does something bad, they are punished because the parents love them and care for them and want them to grow up with discipline and have a good life filled with morality and virtues and honor, just like our Father in Heaven wants for us.
2006-11-25 01:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by Patrick S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Greatness of God*
[39:67] They can never fathom the greatness of GOD. The whole earth is within His fist on the Day of Resurrection. In fact, the universes are folded within His right hand. Be He glorified; He is much too high above needing any partners.
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*39:67 Our universe, with its billion galaxies, a billion trillion stars, uncountable decillions of heavenly bodies, spanning many billions of light-years, is the smallest and innermost of seven universes. This incomprehensible vastness of the seven universes is within God's hand. Such is the greatness of God. See Appendix 6.
The Day of Judgment
[39:68] The horn will be blown, whereupon everyone in the heavens and the earth will be struck unconscious, except those who will be spared by GOD. Then it will be blown another time, whereupon they will all rise up, looking.
[39:69] Then the earth will shine with the light of its Lord. The record will be proclaimed, and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought forth. Everyone will then be judged equitably, without the least injustice.
[39:70] Every soul will be paid for whatever it did, for He is fully aware of everything they have done.
The Disbelievers
[39:71] Those who disbelieved will be led to Hell in throngs. When they get to it, and its gates are opened, its guards will say, "Did you not receive messengers from among you, who recited to you the revelations of your Lord, and warned you about meeting this day?" They will answer, "Yes indeed. But the word `retribution' was already stamped upon the disbelievers."
[39:72] It will be said, "Enter the gates of Hell, wherein you abide forever." What a miserable destiny for the arrogant.
The Believers
[39:73] Those who reverenced their Lord will be led to Paradise in throngs. When they get to it, and its gates are opened, its guards will say, "Peace be upon you; you have won. Therefore, you abide herein forever."
[39:74] They will say, "Praise be to GOD, who fulfilled His promise to us, and made us inherit the earth, enjoying Paradise as we please." What a beautiful recompense for the workers!
[39:75] You will see the angels floating around the throne, glorifying and praising their Lord. After the equitable judgment is issued to all, it will be proclaimed: "Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe."
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*39:68 The sequence of events on the Day of Resurrection begins with the symbolic blowing of the horn. The second blowing of the horn-by a creature who was spared from unconsciousness-marks the resurrection of all people; they will be resurrected on today's earth. This earth will then be destroyed by the physical coming of God, then a new earth and new heavens will be created (14:48). We will then be stratified according to our degree of development (Appendix 11).
http://www.submission.org/suras/sura39.html
2006-11-25 01:26:35 · answer #4 · answered by A2Z 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God loves these people I'm sure but He doesn't bend His Word otherwise we couldn't trust Him 100%. He gives everybody the chance to choose or deny Him and these people denied Him. It's very few that don't know what happens if you turn from Him. He doesn't want to see anybody be in hell.
2006-11-25 01:04:37 · answer #5 · answered by Brianne 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, God does not love the people in Hell. God loves saints not sinners. They were given a choice to be with God but they chose otherwise.
2006-11-25 01:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by shannondelaney 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is giving us the chance to believe in Him and his son,Jesus. And if we dont take the oppurtinity to accept Him,u go to Hell. Of course He loves them,He loves everybody. But he set guide lines,and if u dont accept it,thats ur choice. And u could do the oppisite and go to Heaven and be in a paridise forever. and u can help people by telling then of the Lord and accept Jesus as ur Savior and u can help even one person if u succeced.
-hetty,age 11
2006-11-25 01:08:00 · answer #7 · answered by heat1395 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God loves everyone and does not wish anyone to perish
But they have to chose weather to believe in God or not
and when they chose not to they go to hell
I pray that you will chose the right way
May God bless you
2006-11-25 01:06:18 · answer #8 · answered by jan d 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some would say that God does not send people to hell they send themselves to hell.
Yes, god loves everyone, no matter where they are or what they are doing. He just does not love what some of them are doing.
2006-11-25 01:02:44 · answer #9 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Those people are the ones that he gave a countless number of chances to get things together and they wouldn't budge. Therefore they are no longer gods children but the devils pawns.
2006-11-25 01:06:50 · answer #10 · answered by Diana J 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋