Has is ever occurred to anyone else, like it did for me, that yearning for excessive, scalding heat may be an indicator that you yearn for hellfire? I was in the shower just now, and I couldn't get the water hot enough! I know some christians must enjoy a nice hot bath (unlike the devout Catholic grandfather from Family Guy, who liked his showers cold as ice). Just a weird thought! Atheists as well as theists, what is your input? Am I a demon?
2007-01-08 05:18:42 · 10 answers · asked by Nyara 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's a good question, I never actually thought of it like that! (I love Family Guy by the way - quality entertainment! lol)
Honestly, I doubt it though. Hell itself is a really odd thing to get into to begin with. Some believe hell to be a place of eternal fire or some even think of it as eternal extreme heat and extreme freeze off and on. Some don't even think hell will happen till the end of the world comes when everyone will be judged at once and each person will have thier own hell for however long their sins equal to. And that is just in Christianity!
I know I'm not a bad person and I know I don't want anything bad happening to me when I die but I also know I need heat and steam when I shower! Especially in cold months, it's great to just relax in a nice hot bath or shower... there's nothing better than that!!!
2007-01-08 05:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by IceyFlame 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think liking a hot bath/shower has anything to do with the concept of hell. Don't let your imagination override simple logic.
IF you believe in hell, then the temperature of your hot water heater can't compare to biblical theory...nothing on this Earth can. If you DON'T believe in hell, then it's a moot point...nothing more than a personal preference for enjoying a bath that is hot enough for Larry the Lobster.
2007-01-08 13:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by Lea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fires of hell are far more hot than you could imagine....think of it this way- do you really think you would like your body being set on fire? NO! There is a line between comfortable heat and deathly heat. Nobody would like to be burned alive I know that...and the Bible describes hell as "gnashing of teeth" and "where the fire is not quenched" -that is in the book of Mark
--does not sound like a soothing shower to me--
2007-01-08 13:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most definitely not a yearn for hell, hot water does not even begin to describe hell so NO. if the water really wasnt hot enough adjust your hot water valve, but if it truly was scalding and you like it that way, go see a dermatologist
2007-01-08 13:23:13 · answer #4 · answered by Oh Dang Lets Bang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELL IN KJV
One Hebrew word “sheol” is rendered hell. Definition; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), grave, hell, pit. Three Greek words are rendered hell; geenna, hades, and tartaroo. Definition of geenna; a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell. Definition of hades; properly unseen, that is, “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave, hell. Definition of tartaroo; (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell. Tartaroo is used only one place II Pet.2:4.
Christ teaching the Pharisees in Luke 16:19-31 shows us a separation from God is truly what hell is. The “water” is symbolic for God’s Spirit and love. The word “tormented” means distressed in the Greek, not torture. The “fire” is symbolic for the shame and desire not to be separated from God.
So all who die the first death of the flesh return to God Ecc.12:6-7, but on which side of the gulf do they end up?
Hell is not eternal but is done away with in Rev.20:14-15, called both the second death and lake of fire. This second death is non-existence, for death and hell and those not written in the book of life. This second death or lake of fire is like fat drippings that fall into the fire. Just a poof of smoke into non-existence.
Psa.37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
In my mind what’s worse yet is no memory of you, no tears will be shed for you like you never existed.
Rev.21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
So hell is a separation from God and is not eternal torture or burning. Eventually hell will be done away with or passed away and also some souls. Like fat drippings in the fire, a poof of smoke into non-existence, the second death.
2007-01-08 13:21:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
perhaps you're just a masochist
Why would anyone "yearn" for hell? Moot point anyway since it is as fictitious as the Family Guy is tasteless
2007-01-08 13:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No!however if you feel the need for heat constantly you may be suffering from reyes syndrome go see a doc!
2007-01-08 13:21:29 · answer #7 · answered by revdauphinee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my guess would be its healing powers of some sort...i was in japan and i sat in one of those community baths and it was extremely hot, but i felt so good in it..relaxed every single muscle in my body. so it has something to do with that and not hell.
2007-01-08 13:21:58 · answer #8 · answered by INFINITE CONSCIOUSNESS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the cleansing of the body, like natural hot springs. it clears out the body. i think even when jesus walk the desert , he still drank warm water and was refreshed.
2007-01-08 13:21:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell= annihlation
2007-01-08 13:19:43 · answer #10 · answered by The What Should I Do Retard 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋