Last Dec. 23, I directed a stage play about hell, All info. came from the Bible. Most people watching accept GOD's calling for salvation, kids and men, I'm curious, b'coz most of the cast in the play got hurt during practice and worse when we perform it eventhough we used all the possible way to fake the scene. Now I know that it is really really hard to be on hell. but i like to know how other people react about hell.-thanks :)
2006-12-24 12:07:15 · 10 answers · asked by Dondee 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The biblical hell is a fantasy. It does not exist.
Hell is separation from God. It is something that we do to ourselves, not something that God does.
God loves us far to much to ever allow a single soul to be lost for eternity.
Belief in hell is the belief that God was not smart enough to come up with a plan for the salvation of each and every one of us that is going to work 100 percent of the time.
I think the he is smart enough to do this.
This is what real faith looks like.
Love and blessings Don
2006-12-24 12:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The most common translation of hell in the Bible means 'grave' or 'gravedom'. Ie death. There is a usage which speaks of fire but refers to the gehena fires which were used for sacrifice and which God used as a symbol of 'burning the refuse' . This is the so called lake of fire in revelations, a burning of the 'chaff' (refuse). The last usage of hell refers to the prison Tartarus where the imprisoned devil spirits are chained until the last times.
2006-12-24 21:24:46 · answer #2 · answered by ManoGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I won't state that there isn't a hell , I feel we pay for our mistakes here on earth though . I'm not a perfect person though I try and be a good one and my prayers have always been answered . Hell is just too difficult and vicious for me to conceive of in spite of the bible teachings. I have difficulty believing our god would permit eternal suffering in hell . I find it more likely this is an attempt by our ancient philosophers to frighten people into doing as god would like them too be . My name is Daniel - which translates to god is my judge , I'm comfortable with that .
2006-12-24 20:25:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Webster’s Dictionary says that the English word “hell” is equal to the Hebrew word Sheol and the Greek word Hades.
English translators of the Authorized Version, or King James Version, translated Sheol 31 times as “hell,” 31 times as “grave,” and 3 times as “pit.” The Catholic Douay Version translated Sheol 64 times as “hell.” In the Christian Greek Scriptures “New Testament”, the King James Version translated Hades as “hell” each of the 10 times it occurs..
The question is: What kind of place is Sheol, or Hades? The fact that the King James Version translates the one Hebrew word Sheol three different ways shows that hell, grave and pit mean one and the same thing. And if hell means the common grave of mankind, it could not at the same time mean a place of fiery torture. Well, then, do Sheol and Hades mean the grave, or do they mean a place of torture?
Acts 2:31 uses Hades. Notice, too, that Jesus Christ was in Hades, or hell. Are we to believe that God tormented Christ in a hell of fire? Of course not! Jesus was simply in his grave.
Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.
2006-12-24 22:05:11 · answer #4 · answered by BJ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hell is an imaginary concept used to frighten people into converting.
2006-12-24 20:08:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus never actually talked about hell. He always talked about Gehena (the garbage dump that burned day and night.) as an allegorical device.
2006-12-24 20:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ditto what Bill said.
2006-12-24 23:52:00 · answer #7 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and don't wait around and find out the hard way
2006-12-24 20:14:13 · answer #8 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell didn't exist until the catholics created it.
2006-12-24 20:14:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
all i know is "burning hell" is its a great currie
2006-12-24 20:11:04 · answer #10 · answered by da rinse mode 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋