Why not heaven and back
2007-01-19 11:11:03 · 24 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
your a right silly one colin... its cause hell is bad... if you said i went to heaven and back again for you... that wouldnt make much sense. youd just be saying you had a pleasant trip... you didnt do anything special. now if you say... i went to hell and back for you... thats saying something.
2007-01-19 11:14:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because of all the terrible stuff someone has been through they call it hell but then they come back. At that point they can't call it heaven because heaven is supposed to be a happy place and there isn't anything happy with hell so there you go.
2007-01-19 19:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by 2sweet4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is saying you have been through hell...a hell of a rough time and you made it back (through it).
Who would want to go to heaven and back? When I go I'm staying :)
2007-01-19 19:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by nateandlexi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suppose because those who go to Heaven would want to stay. The early church believes maybe Jesus went to Hell and took it captive. But He came back. no one else can.
2007-01-19 19:17:05 · answer #4 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that means you have been and seen things and now you don,t even know if you have a soul anymore .but because you,re still on earth you can not say to heaven and back
2007-01-19 19:28:39 · answer #5 · answered by r1114@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well hell is supposed to be the worst place one can go, so when a person has something rotten happen to them the only way to describe it is going "to hell" "and back" they are on the mend.
2007-01-19 19:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by PogieLuke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well a. to go to heaven and come back would be bad, wouldn't you want to stay in heaven? b) my quess is it stems from Dante's inferno - which deals with a person going to hell, seeing the horrors and being able to return - just a quess though
2007-01-19 19:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because saying it means it was a rough time, heaven is a good place, hell is bad....
2007-01-19 19:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by Ninja 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pain and suffering some people go through. It seems like going to hell and back. "Like been there done that."
2007-01-19 19:36:35 · answer #9 · answered by charmaine f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your probably would want to stay in heaven but not stay in hell, so 'to hell and back' is handier than 'to heaven and stay.'
2007-01-19 19:14:21 · answer #10 · answered by victorschool1 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋