Do you have any idea how many people are being tortured in hell now according to the Christian doctrine?

Question

Since the only true way to Heaven is accepting Jesus. Do you realize that any unbeliever (such as pagans or members of divergent Christian denominations, atheists, agnostics, deists, etc.) who's not in the list of 2.1 billion Christians is being or will be tortured in Hell, and, damnation to hell is considered final and irreversible.

How could you believe that?

I'm afraid that many people on the other side of this world didn't hear about Jesus

Answer 1

187,249,576,318,471,542,982,078.....at last count.


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Answer 2

The number of souls burning and rotting in Hell right now is nothing compared to the number that will be burning and rotting there after the Judgment Day.
The total number headed for Hell is so great that you cannot imagine it. The number of souls headed for Heaven is quite small.

God's greatest creation, as it states in the Bible, is the human race; but God very quickly decided he hated the human race.
In Hell the pain and agony will continue forever, everyone will have worms, they will itch and cant' scratch, and they will suffer painful farts.

There is no night or day, and there is no room to even lie down, all you can do is squat in an alcove somewhere; and the sounds of hideous cries and bloody gargles will never let you sleep even if you could. In Hell you can never die, you will be in torment forever.

And no matter how long you suffer in there you can never assuage God's disgust and revulsion. And if you never said hellelujah to Jesus when you were alive, he hates you too.

Answer 3

Good question. Certainly many people never had the chance to hear about Jesus and the Christian God.

There are answers from within the Christian mythos that say "Jesus went to Hell and saved all the deserving Pagans". This doesn't work for me, for the following reasons.

Let's say you're in Hell, or the "bosom of Abraham" if you prefer. It's reasonable to assume that at that point, having entered the afterlife, you have SEEN the reality of the afterlife and of Hell/God.

Therefore, when Jesus comes to ask you to come with Him, any sensible person, presented with that evidence, would agree to follow Him.

Now let's compare that to the state of affairs with human beings today. We are in a world where the the proof of Hell/God is obviously NOT as evident as it was to those pre-Christian Pagans who were already in the afterlife when Jesus came to them. How can it be fair to ask us to make that same choice and come to the "right" decision, based on our relative lack of evidence?

What it amounts to is that the Pagans in Hell/the bosom of Abraham had a monstrous advantage over us, the people of the modern era. Therefore, this version of God is at best unfair, at worst capricious.

Personally, I prefer to believe that God (if God exists) loves His creation and will turn away no one. I think that the concept of a Hell for unbelievers is a projection of the hopes and fears of His followers rather than a true reflection of His nature.

Answer 4

No, I have no idea. Universalism, or the idea that all human beings will be saved, is a long-standing Christian tradition dating back to the earliest centuries of the Church, and endorsed by such immanent Christian theologians as Origen (who produced the official Greek text of the Bible that was copied and distributed after the Council of Nicea) and Gregory of Nyssa (one of the four theologians who directly formulated the doctrine of the Trinity that is officially maintained by all Catholic, Orthodox and Reformed Denominations).

Since when does "the Christian doctrine" entail beliefs that are not universally accepted by Christians?

Answer 5

How can i believe that? Because God said it, and He gives us ALL a choice to accept Christ. The bible says that God does not want any to perish. If someone chooses otherwise, they send their self to hell, not God. Yes many will reject Christ, therefore, many will be in hell. Revelation 20:13-15 (KJV) “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Answer 6

I strongly believe in carnation and that we are just spirutal beings having a human experience. While our spirits are in the other realm(s) (there are many levels) we choose what expereinces we will have and how we will die. Each experience is meant as a learning tool and helps make our spirits more perfect. Only when we have perfected ourselves through many lives on Earth do we get to be with God. Those who turn away from God go to their own "hell" but it's not one as you would think. They simply wait around for another chance to do the right thing. However, there are spirits that simply will not change. Spirits tend to retain their same personality through each incarnation.

Answer 7

The vast majority of the world's current and past population are on that list. So, let's see if this makes sense. They pray to their Hanged God to return sooner. His return marks the end of the world. Destruction of all life and the Eternal Torment of anyone who's not in their religion. Sounds like an evil death cult to me.

Answer 8

Damn, I bet it's *ahem* hell to find some living space down there. But still at least down there you won't have to put up with the religious anymore.

Answer 9

It's not a pleasant thought, by no means, and it's something I don't like to dwell on, but I also know that I'm not the one judging people, God is. I don't know who's going to hell and who's not.

Answer 10

Yes. And it sounds like you are doing your best to lead others down that path. How charitable of you.

Answer 11

God will judge people who did not have the chance to know him differently than He will judge us.