2007-01-03 13:56:16 · 6 answers · asked by Barabas 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In ancient Babylonian and Assyrian beliefs the “nether world . . . is pictured as a place full of horrors, and is presided over by gods and demons of great strength and fierceness.” (The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Boston, 1898, Morris Jastrow, Jr., p. 581) Early evidence of the fiery aspect of Christendom’s hell is found in the religion of ancient Egypt. (The Book of the Dead, New Hyde Park, N.Y., 1960, with introduction by E. A. Wallis Budge, pp. 144, 149, 151, 153, 161) Buddhism, which dates back to the 6th century B.C.E., in time came to feature both hot and cold hells. (The Encyclopedia Americana, 1977, Vol. 14, p. 68) Depictions of hell portrayed in Catholic churches in Italy have been traced to Etruscan roots.—La civiltà etrusca (Milan, 1979), Werner Keller, p. 389.
But the real roots of this God-dishonoring doctrine go much deeper. The fiendish concepts associated with a hell of torment slander God and originate with the chief slanderer of God (the Devil, which name means “Slanderer”), the one whom Jesus Christ called “the father of the lie.”—John 8:44.
2007-01-03 14:04:01 · answer #1 · answered by Livin In Myrtle Beach SC 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question. In the first book of Genesis, God's work was done and He rested, everything was good, and hell is not created. Mortals were not created either. Hell then came from the minds of mortals.
2007-01-03 22:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zoarastrian mythos. The concepts of satan and hell came from them. The Jews stole it and changed it some, and then Christians picked up on it and twisted it even more, and made it what it's known as today. Pretty interesting story actually....
2007-01-03 22:09:19 · answer #3 · answered by tahirih.luvs2sew 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Our word "Hell" came from Norse mythology. The Norse Hel was said to be as far below Midgard (here) as Midgard was below Asgard. The Norse Hel wasn't hot. It was verrrrrrrry cold.
2007-01-03 22:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the imaginations of ancient politico-religious male leaders who wanted to control the masses through fear. That's where Satan came from too!
2007-01-03 22:09:32 · answer #5 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was created, for Satan, I believe. It is created by the same being that created everything else. I for one, am thankful for it, just for the simple fact that satan will be contained somewhere, unable to wreak havoc on all mankind anymore. He asked for it also, he knew the truth, and traded it in for a lie,and is trying to take everyone else down with him.
2007-01-03 22:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by oceansnsunsets 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋