2007-01-02 11:59:41 · 32 answers · asked by AVATARD 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
as long as all the Christians are in heaven then yes I'll take hell.
2007-01-02 12:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
No Punishment After Death
What, though, about the Bible? Does it say that the soul survives the body at death and can therefore be punished in a fiery hell or purgatory? The New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “The notion of the soul surviving after death is not readily discernible in the Bible. . . . The soul in the O[ld] T[estament] means not a part of man, but the whole man—man as a living being. Similarly, in the N[ew] T[estament] it signifies human life: the life of an individual.”
So the underlying premise for punishment after death falls flat. The Bible states: “The soul that sins shall die.” (Ezekiel 18:4, Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition) It also declares: “The wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23, RSV) Therefore, when the Bible speaks of impenitent wicked people ending up in “Gehenna,” “everlasting fire,” or “the lake of fire,” it is merely using symbolic language to speak of their undergoing permanent death, “the second death.”—Matthew 23:33; 25:41, 46; Revelation 20:14; 21:8; compare 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9.
Hell Emptied by the Resurrection
Is hell hot, then? Not according to the Bible. Indeed, the Hebrew and Greek words translated in some Bibles as “hell” merely designate the common grave of dead humans. It is not a hot place of torment. It is, rather, a place of rest, from which the dead will come forth in the resurrection. (Ecclesiastes 9:10; Acts 24:15) Oscar Cullmann, professor at the Theological Faculty of the University of Basel, Switzerland, and of the Sorbonne, in Paris, speaks of the “radical difference between the Christian expectation of the resurrection of the dead and the Greek belief in the immortality of the soul.” Correctly, he says that “the fact that later Christianity effected a link between the two beliefs . . . is not in fact a link at all but renunciation of one [the Bible doctrine of the resurrection] in favour of the other [the pagan belief in the immortality of the human soul].”—Italics ours.
Jehovah’s Witnesses have not renounced their faith in the resurrection in favor of the idea of the immortality of the soul. They will be delighted to share with you their happy hope and prove to you from the Bible that, of a truth, hell is not hot.
2007-01-02 12:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by Livin In Myrtle Beach SC 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not going there. I'm" Heaven bound".
Anyone in their "RIGHT MIND" doesn't want to go to a dark,firey place filled with fowl odors,demonds grabbing,biting,ripping people to shreds. A enternal torment with people screaming in anguish. A place where your mouth is so dry,and no water is to be found. Try reading the Bible or the book "23 minutes in Hell".These are stern warnings for people everywhere. It might just open your eyes and your heart. Hopefully it will change your mind.
2007-01-02 12:24:17 · answer #3 · answered by bastaspasta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell is the misery of the individual mind and spirit. If that excites you, you must be living a truly awful existence.
2007-01-02 12:02:51 · answer #4 · answered by Answergirl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The thought of going to hell is fine with me because hell means grave. We all must die and I can't wait! This planet sucks!
2007-01-02 12:02:35 · answer #5 · answered by Roll'n Bluntz 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
being drug to my parent's newest Christian church not yet rocked with moral scandal is Hell for me, here on Earth
but yes some christians there dance around in excitement when told they are one of the few going to heaven and the rest will be used for the kindlings of hell, children and babies included, all thanks to legalism and extreme views
2007-01-02 12:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm heaven bound.I pray that you will see the light and get excited about heaven.
2007-01-02 12:14:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the thought of not going and one day seeing Jesus face to face excites me even more
2007-01-02 12:03:47 · answer #8 · answered by Commander 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Going to imaginary places always fill me with some imaginary excitement.
2007-01-02 12:04:41 · answer #9 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, but the thought of you going there is exciting ;-)
2007-01-02 12:01:38 · answer #10 · answered by charles 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Not much to be excited about.
You get thrown into the lake of fire, burn up and cease to exist.
I think it's kind of a waste, really.
2007-01-02 12:06:33 · answer #11 · answered by TruthIsFreedom 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋