Is it a void in between the two places?
2007-02-02 02:15:18 · 32 answers · asked by charlie b 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We don't have souls. That's superstition. Heaven and Hell don't exist.
2007-02-02 02:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 9⤋
I believe there is a resurrection day for those in memorial tombs. Until that day arrives, our soul lays dormant. By resurrection day, the Lord knows what we have or have not earned during our lifetime. I don't believe in hell either. The key word in what I said before is MEMORIAL. I believe that the so called hell is not being included in the resurrection and spent in an everlasting dormant stage (no conscienceness at all), completely cut off from God and all the loved ones that have gone on before.
2007-02-02 02:27:39 · answer #2 · answered by smcdevitt2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SOUL
The original-language terms (Heb., ne´phesh [???]; Gr., psy·khe´ [????]) as used in the Scriptures show “soul” to be a person, an animal, or the life that a person or an animal enjoys.
The connotations that the English “soul” commonly carries in the minds of most persons are not in agreement with the meaning of the Hebrew and Greek words as used by the inspired Bible writers. This fact has steadily gained wider acknowledgment. Back in 1897, in the Journal of Biblical Literature (Vol. XVI, p. 30), Professor C. A. Briggs, as a result of detailed analysis of the use of ne´phesh, observed: “Soul in English usage at the present time conveys usually a very different meaning from ??? [ne´phesh] in Hebrew, and it is easy for the incautious reader to misinterpret.”
More recently, when The Jewish Publication Society of America issued a new translation of the Torah, or first five books of the Bible, the editor-in-chief, H. M. Orlinsky of Hebrew Union College, stated that the word “soul” had been virtually eliminated from this translation because, “the Hebrew word in question here is ‘Nefesh.’” He added: “Other translators have interpreted it to mean ‘soul,’ which is completely inaccurate. The Bible does not say we have a soul. ‘Nefesh’ is the person himself, his need for food, the very blood in his veins, his being.”—The New York Times, October 12, 1962.
Myth 2: God takes people in death to be with him.
A 27-year-old mother who was dying and leaving three children behind told a Catholic nun: “Don’t come in and tell me this is God’s will for me. . . . I hate it when somebody else tells me this.” Yet, this is what many religions teach about death—that God takes people to be near him.
Is the Creator really so cruel that he would callously inflict death on us, knowing that this breaks our hearts? No, not the God of the Bible. According to 1 John 4:8, “God is love.” Note that it does not say that God has love or that God is loving, but it says that God is love. So intense, so pure, so perfect is God’s love, so thoroughly does it permeate his personality and actions that he may rightly be spoken of as the very personification of love. This is not a God who takes people in death to be near him.
False religion has left many confused as to the whereabouts and condition of the dead. Heaven, hell, purgatory, Limbo—these and various other destinations range from being incomprehensible to being downright terrifying. The Bible, on the other hand, tells us that the dead are unconscious; they are in a condition best compared to sleep. (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10; John 11:11-14) Thus, we need not worry about what happens to us after death, any more than we worry when we see someone sleeping soundly. Jesus spoke of a time when “all those in the memorial tombs” would “come out” to renewed life on a paradise earth.—John 5:28, 29; Luke 23:43.
2007-02-02 02:23:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the alternative for heaven or hell is made in existence and concept-approximately very final on the prompt of dying. Departed souls immediately pass to Paradise or Torment. After the tip of the international, departed souls get carry of their resurrected bodies, and the area prevalent as Torment would be forged into the Lake of hearth alongside with each and all of the fallen angels for eternity.
2016-10-16 11:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by groover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You came from the dust and to the dust you will return. In Ecclesiastes 9:6-10 stated the situations of the dead......the living knows that they will die but as for the dead they will know nothing. Where Jesus Christ is the Resurrection both good and bad will rise.
2007-02-02 02:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by Harvard 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, your soul is you or the life that you have. Therefore, when you die, your soul also dies. Then, if you are alive in God's memory, you will be resurrected like Jesus was, back to life again--either in heaven as one of the annointed who will rule as Kings and Priests with Christ (by special arrangement only) or on earth as one of the meek who will inherit the earth and live forever upon it (as long as you complete the final test successfully).
2007-02-02 02:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If i ask u the same question but the subject is mosquitoes or any animals, where do they go after they are killed or died? They just decayed and fallen apart. There aren't any place to go. Heaven and Hell are just mere humans' invention.
2007-02-02 02:29:09 · answer #7 · answered by ben2938 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as the last breath has left your body your soul will either go to Heaven or Hell. There is no in between or void. There is no second chance.
2007-02-02 02:19:43 · answer #8 · answered by Alex 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
According to scriptures "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord". You have to remember our life is as the "twinkling of an eye"... which means our time is not the same as the Lords. Not easy to understand, one just has to have faith our Great Creator/God is with you anywhere...always.
The heaven or hell question will be decided by you, wether you decide to trust Christ or not. Plain and simple...your choice.
2007-02-02 02:23:55 · answer #9 · answered by Great Grandma 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
After we die, we move to a lonely place in universe, where we attain enlightenment as our soul is a part of God and God is omniscient. We reflect on how we managed our lives. We may regret some of our actions and decisions and may bask in glory of some of the good things that we did while we lived. We may want to experience the world some more and may be try to make up for the past mistakes and choose a new life for ourselves or we may feel contented over whatever we did and join our Maker back.
2007-02-02 02:21:02 · answer #10 · answered by Smriti 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
When you die, your simply laid to rest. Upon judgment day, the lord will say "rise" and the dead will rise up and all will be judged. It is then you will see 2 books, one that contains all you've done with the life you had and the other being the book of Life...if your name isn't in that book, then you are going to hell. In the mean time, I think your soul just simply roams freely.
2007-02-02 02:21:05 · answer #11 · answered by Danelle 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋