and deep in their soul know that there is a God. Weather they admit it or not, I also think that while we are alive a HOPE is always there that at least at the last minute we can be saved. We are optomistic as long as we are alive but, as soon as we die we are faced with the certainty that our hope is gone forever because we missed our chance to turn to God. My question is, could this be some of the eternal torment? The realization that hope even is gone?
2007-02-03 07:55:36 · 24 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My question is, could this be some of the eternal torment? The realization that hope even is gone?
YES--- a GREAT percentage of it!
2007-02-03 08:00:32 · answer #1 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What a thought inspiring question!!! While trying to answer many of these questions, I have come to the same conclusion. After all, why is it that so many people believe in some form of higher being? The answer is quite obvious that people in general realize there truly is a God. This realization can be rejected or denied just like anything else.
This can be illustrated by looking at the Holocaust during WW2. There are many people who want to deny that it ever happened. They say that they have proof that the Holocaust was a conspiracy created by the "evil" Americans. Does this mean the Holocaust didn't happen?
Finally, you have hit on the exact and true meaning of hell. Hell is described as eternal torment because it is a place devoid of God's presence and grace and therefore completely without hope. Yes, there is fire and agony and pain but worse of all is the complete and total hopelessness of not being able to get out.
2007-02-03 08:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by Wookie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am perfectly alive and I know there is no empirical proof of the existence of deities, nor is there any empirical proof showing they don't exist.
I don't expect some abstract concept to 'save' me. I will not call out to a deity at my death. I am satisfied with the life I've lived and I will let it go when it is time, with dignity. I do not feel tormented here on this earth as I put my faith in the human race, imperfect as it is.
Hope, it is always available unless you choose to give up. Hope has nothing to do with deities or religion.
2007-02-03 08:01:22 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If what you say is true, then I certainly hope god will allow me to ask why, what game was going on and how come so much evil done with no divine intervention, except in the bible of course? I am a good person, not a hypocrite, but if there is a god, I am very angry at him for this ant farm he built and called it humanity.
2007-02-03 08:01:24 · answer #4 · answered by sashali 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not so sure.
I worked as a detention officer for three years and the jails are filled with people who try to ignore things they don't like. Much like the child who puts their fingers in their ears and says "la la la la la". Then they turn and blame the victims for their conviction. These people are without the conviction of the Holy Spirit. They that once would not listen to the Holy Spirit are now in a situation where they can not listen. I am not so sure they will be anything but angry at GOD and blaming him for their conviction. You can see many of those people here. But there is always hope.
2007-02-03 08:07:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If this is what you feel then it is what you feel. You shouldnt assume everyone feels this way however. Some people will argue that deep down everyone is the same. I am of the school of thought to be very careful to assume that all people deep down are the same, because i have evidenced that we are not.
im not saying you are wrong and im not saying i am right. but perhaps it would be in every persons interest to maintain a certain healthy fear and respect for the unknown, the unprovable and so forth. this is one thing i definately believe in.
2007-02-03 07:59:50 · answer #6 · answered by jorluke 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's a nice story-book perspective, but reality doesn't work that way. Yeah, some people are irrational and when the end comes, hope that they were wrong, but that's a small minority. For example when I was close to death, I didn't suddenly go weak in my knees and beg for any kind of supernatural intervention. No matter my mortality and no matter my fear of death, gods STILL don't exist.
2007-02-03 08:06:28 · answer #7 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Different people have different definitions of God. I definitely don't believe in a personal God as in Christianity-at most I might be open to the idea of some higher power but even that is something I won't accept as proven until I get concrete evidence.
2007-02-03 07:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Even the back of my mind doesn't believe that God exists. I don't believe in heaven either, in the front of my mind or the back, so I don't give two hoots about salvation.
I'm a lot more concerned with fixing things in the here and now.
2007-02-03 08:00:29 · answer #9 · answered by somebody 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not even close.
There is no god. He is imaginary. He was made up. He isn't real. There never was one. People that think there is one are delusional. The whole idea is absurd.
Do you believe me yet or are you still in fantasy land? There is no sky daddy that is going to save you from death. Get over it.
2007-02-03 08:02:38 · answer #10 · answered by Alex 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋