Is to go to hell to have no hope of ever being released, or from the eternal perspective seperation from God?

Question

Yes?! or No!?

Answer 1

No. There is no hell. It isn't even in the bible. The bible speaks of a Lake of Fire, and nothing was tormented there.

Answer 2

Hell is nothing more than the common grave of mankind. In Revelation, the Scriptures say that Hell is to be emptied of all the dead in it and Hell would be cast into the lake of fire which is the second death, which is eternal destruction, not torment, it is a place from which there is no hope of ever coming back, all those in their memorial tombs will come out, those who did good to life, those who did bad to judgment, not judgment on their past sins, as death was the payment for those sins, but to be judged on what they do during Christ's thousand year reign. Those who are cast into the lake of fire go into non-existence, that is even God's love for those who will not obey him, he will not torment them forever but make them non-existent and they will know nothing at all.

Answer 3

If you believe in heaven and hell.you will go to hell by your own choice= but god is only a spirit and if you believe that god is a spirit within ones self , then your actually believeing in yourself. Now if you believe that heaven is up, then that means hell is down so where will you be buried when the time comes, in hell.

Answer 4

From the eternal perspective of the separation from God.
The outer darkness.
God is light.
No light no God.

Answer 5

1. Wouldn't everyone repent when faced with hell?
2. Would God let out people who repented?

One argument against hell is this: No person in his right mind would choose eternal punishment in hell over heaven. Therefore everyone would repent when sent to hell. If God lets the repentant leave, hell will be empty (and therefore can be disregarded). If God doesn't let the repentant leave, God is unjust for continuing to punish them after they've repented.

The trouble with this line of reasoning is that repentance is not simply a matter of one saying, "Okay, I'll say whatever you want me to, just get me out of here!" Repentance involves acknowledging one's guilt, feeling remorse and the desire to change one's behavior, accepting Christ's sacrifice as substitutionary punishment for one's wrongs and agreeing to love and obey God (including Christ as God the Son). This includes by definition acceptance of eternal punishment in hell as just punishment for one's sins; while the skeptic may still object that continued punishment of the repentant is unjust, the repentant will respond that their continued punishment is deserved and could only end through God's mercy.

However, in reality people in hell won't repent, in particular not any skeptic who makes the above argument. If one thinks God is unjust for punishing people in hell, actually going there isn't going to make one suddenly decide that God is just and deserves one's love and worship after all. People are given their entire lives on Earth as an opportunity to repent and accept God; if they refuse each day of their lives to repent and believe they're justified in doing so, it's hardly conceivable that punishment in hell would change their minds.

Since hell is comprised of those who would never repent, the second question is only a hypothetical one; it could be argued either way. In practice, someone who would repent in hell would be given the opportunity to repent on Earth and would presumably repent before they died, not after.

As for etermal punishment for finite life of sin, the answer is this our sin bears an eternal consequence because it is ultimately against an eternal God. When King David committed the sins of adultery and murder he stated, Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight (Psalm 51:4). David had sinned against Bathsheba and Uriah, how could David claim to have only sinned against God? David understood that all sin is ultimately against God. God is an eternal and infinite Being. As a result, all sin is worthy of an eternal punishment.

An earthly example of this would be comparing attacking your neighbor and attacking the President of the United States. Yes, both are crimes, but attacking the President would result in far greater consequences. How much more does sin against a holy and infinite God warrant a terrible consequence?

In short, hell and heaven were created out of God's love for mankind as a consequence of free will. God will righteously respect the choices a person makes and grant them the eternal life they sought through the exercise of their own free will.

I have simplified much of the doctrines behind these concepts. I suggest you do some careful study of the attributes of God to digest these hard sayings. Start with some basic introductions to theology, especially the attributes of a perfect being (God) and go from there.

Answer 6

yes, hell is total hoplesness and despair. Imagine God not being part of ANY aspect of your life, would be total chaos. God helps us when we arent even looking for him, so we cant even comprehend what it would be lose that. I guess everyone see this differently

Answer 7

hell = to have no hope of ever being released.
If you have no hope you can't see anything but the manifestations that hold you where you are.

Answer 8

There are some that will go to hell to be purified of their sins and then go to paradise and there are some that will stay forever.

Only Allah knows who will do what...

Answer 9

I believe the suffering would be more tolerable w/o the separation, so both.