Christians who believe in the fiery hell: Would a less drastic Hell have a different effect?

Question

...other than to lessen the pain involved? Do you think that if Hell lasted only 1 year instead of forever that more people would end up there? Why does Hell need to be so unbelieveably bad? It could have been much less so and still achieve the desired results.

Jim S: As opposed to people who post questions hoping not to get responses?

Answer 1

heaven is the carrot, and hell is the stick.

you need a big enough stick for the ignorant masses.

Answer 2

If you believe and agree that God is perfect and resides in a "Heaven" then heaven must be perfect and beautiful and so on and so on.

Therefore, if Hell is to be opposite, wouldn't your mind come up with the worst thing you could think of? No one would want to burn continually.....

Bottom line is, no one knows what Hell is like. As a believer, I couldn't imagine a place with absolute concentrated Hatred.

God IS love, so take all of the good out and what are you left with?

As far as only having to be there for a Year? lol God is not a Libra....

Answer 3

You ask a question, and some moron prices a lot of texts at you want that counts as a] wondering and b] clean tips. all of us recognize what the Bible says. If we do not we are able to seem it up. I presume you're asking: on condition that the Bible talks about a hell, how come no longer all Christians trust in it? because some human beings artwork from first ideas, which enable us to grade Scriptures in accordance to their religious properly worth. proper of the tree is: God is Love. question: might want to a God therefore defined enable his own creatures to be tormented for the different reason than to purify them of wickedness - which want in user-friendly words take moments, no longer the full of eternity? yet another proper textual content: "Our Father". Do even earthly fathers bypass in for plunging their children, no count number how heinous their offences, into torture chambers for any reason in any respect? No, they could somewhat go with the help of the fireplace of their position - which will be what the flow is about. The vile concept of a burning fiery hell of whose discomfort its inhabitants are totally wide wakeful and from which they couldn't in any respect get away is completely unChristians and has been referred to as such for a lengthy time period, except between fundamentalists, the position widely used criteria of theology and rational concept do no longer practice.

Answer 4

HI
I don't believe in Hell there is no scripture in the bible that talks about Hell as a fiery torment. I believe that if you are bad you just go to sleep forever, that being said Hell or the common grave can be temporary or permanent. It still has an effect on me knowing that if I am bad I will no longer exist. I want to exist so therefore I try my best to be good.
Lammy

Answer 5

First of all. Your not a Christian. If, you don't believe in Hell.. God don't send people to Hell. People, do it to thier own.. The Bible said.. Ask. and you shell recieve. It is your choice..


Jhn 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


Jhn 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.


Jhn 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.


Jhn 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.


Jhn 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.


Jhn 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Answer 6

satan brought about Hell by his rebellion against God,an Angel cannot make a discesion as we do and then go back on it as they have such a higher intelllect than we do,what they decide in a moment is forever.
Hell therefore is for human beings that place of eternal rejection of Gods love and mercy that is not decided in a moment but for us is a lifetimes rejection without final repentance when we die.
Hell was not meant to be a picnic, or a stroll in the park,it is a deadly serious condition.

Answer 7

For you to know that Hell would achieve "desired results" if the sentence was less time is to know more than God and than, my friend, just isn't going to happen.

Answer 8

Keep in mind that we believe that Heaven is just as eternal for those who make it.Seems fair to me; God gives us an entire lifetime to decide which side of the fence we want to be on.

Answer 9

In Luke 16, Jesus Christ gives a frightening picture of hell:

22 . . . the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. (Luke 16:22-28)

Answer 10

Hell is Hell as Hell is

Oh,what the Hell!