Is it true that there is hell?

Question

Im confuse about it... please mind to answer

Answer 1

I think nobody like to make an expedition to Hell and most among us are on the voyage to Heaven. Hope we will discover the Heaven. Anyhow I can give you a perfect answer only after my death.

Answer 2

To tell you the truth, I don't know. It doesn't seem reasonable to me that God would create such a place and put beings that he created and loves there to be tortured for all eternity.

I've read the arguments that say "God doesn't put people there, their disbelief in God and Jesus does". But if disbelief is enough to damn you for eternity why not just come down and say " Okay guys, here I am, I'm real". Why the "spiritual" thing? If I need to sit and listen for a "still quiet voice" there are bound to be people who miss it. Will they wind up in hell burning and tortured for eternity? Will a good person with a good and loving heart be damned and tortured because they didn't throw away the heritage of their ancestor's faith?

I don't know. And I prayed and asked and waited and never have gotten any answer that makes it okay for those people to wind up in hell. And forcing them to throw away what they have been lovingly taught doesn't seem right to me, if they want to know and practice Christianity fine, but what if they don't?

Hell, I really don't know...just seems wrong to me.


Edited:

To, Ask Mr. Religion,

I get that. I've heard that, but it still begs the question, "why create us as flawed and imperfect beings if that state of being flawed and imperfect will result inevitably in our damnation?"

And then, "if acceptence of God's exsistance, and then the repentence is what is required to save us from damnation then why make it so difficult to affirm God's exsistance?"

While its true that even if God did come down and plop himself on a park bench and tell everyone he was real and be able to prove it some still wouldn't believe him, wouldn't it be better if he did it. And on a regular basis so that everyone of every generation could have personal experience of God? More people would believe than not. More people would repent than not.

But if this is a matter of spiritual discovery and growth that we all come to know God personally and individually, than it follows that some of us would hear things differently than others. Or that some would hear nothing at all. Should they be damned for this?

Answer 3

yes hell is there. sometimes when i look at the state the world is in, i think hell is on earth! but on a serious note, hell can be described as the state your soul is in.if you are one who consciencslouy blasphemse against God and refuses to belive in Him, then i guess you're already in hell - no need to die to prove it.
but yes, hell exists. no way God and the devil can live together

Answer 4

No. "Hell" was invented by Christians who wanted to scare non-Christians. It was a really dumb plan, of course, since people have no reason to fear something they don't believe in. For example, most adults aren't afraid of Closet Monsters, or Captain Hook, or The Abominable Snowman, or The Penguin.

Answer 5

There is no evidence that supports the existence of hell as the bible describes it.

I am a rational person who believes with evidence. Since there is no evidence, I don't believe. You can do as you want.

Answer 6

Yes, there is a Hell, for if there is not then God is not the loving God we know. God's gift of free will means that He will respect our choices in life. He created heaven and hell for these reasons and out of love.

As for the doctrine of hell consider the following:

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 7

Yes, there is a hell and you don't want to go there.

Answer 8

Yes bible says those who dont repent shall go to hell.Hell is definately there.