2007-04-17 13:19:08 · 33 answers · asked by Islamicqanda 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nope
they can only WISH they had at that point
2007-04-17 13:35:45 · answer #1 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check out what the bible says about hell.
What happens to the spirit when a person dies? Psalm 146:4 says: "His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish."
His thoughts parish- he is aware of nothing.
"The wages sin pays is death." (Romans 6:23)
Death is the payment for sin- not hell.
The condition of the dead is made clear at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, where we read: "The dead know nothing . . . In the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." (New International Version) Scripturally, death is a state of nonexistence. The dead have no awareness, no feelings, no thoughts.
Going by the bible, hell doesn't exist. Hell, Hades etc., all mean the grave.
God says that the thought of such a thing had never come into his heart.
Consider the history of the hellfire teaching:
A Brief History of Hellfire
WHEN did professed Christians adopt the belief in hellfire? Well after the time of Jesus Christ and his apostles. "The Apocalypse of Peter (2nd century C.E.) was the first [apocryphal] Christian work to describe the punishment and tortures of sinners in hell," states the French Encyclopædia Universalis.
Among the early Church Fathers, however, there was disagreement over hell. Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, and Cyprian believed that hell was a fiery place. Origen and theologian Gregory of Nyssa thought of hell as a place of separation from God—of spiritual suffering. Augustine of Hippo, on the other hand, held that suffering in hell was both spiritual and sensory—a view that gained acceptance. "By the fifth century the stern doctrine that sinners will have no second chance after this life and that the fire which will devour them will never be extinguished was everywhere paramount," wrote Professor J.N.D. Kelly.
In the 16th century, such Protestant reformers as Martin Luther and John Calvin understood the fiery torment of hell to be figurative of spending eternity separated from God. However, the idea of hell as a place of torment returned in the following two centuries. Protestant preacher Jonathan Edwards used to strike fear in the hearts of 18th-century Colonial Americans with graphic portrayals of hell.
Shortly thereafter, though, the flames of hell began to flicker and fade. "The 20th century was nearly the death of hell," states U.S.News & World Report.
2007-04-17 13:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Unfortunately, once a person dies without God, and is sent to Hell, there is no chance of redemption. There is no chance for a person in hell to repent of their sins and be forgiven. The only chance for a person to be forgiven of their sins and given eternal life, is now, on this side of Heaven. If a person doesn't repent before they die, there is no hope for them.
2007-04-17 13:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word, "hell", has many meanings. For example, here are some of them:
- refers to how a person feels when they commit sin
- a portion of the "spirit world" where the wicked are until the final judgment
- where the devil, his angels, and the sons of perdition are sent after the final judgment
All except possibly the last still allow for repentance and forgiveness of some sort.
In general it seems contrary to the character of God to prevent someone from living righteously if they choose to do so. I suspect by definition, the last group doesn't choose to do so.
2007-04-17 13:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
Hell is a place of purification, and is permanent. Paradise as a reward, and Hell as a punishment are but graphic terms to make us understand a state of things which is beyond all our notions of life in that world. Paradise will be eternal. Once meriting it, there can be no question of being ejected from it. As to whether Hell is also eternal for the unbelievers, there are two schools of thought: (1) A great majority of Muslims affirm that God may pardon every sin and every crime except disbelief in God. [Qur'an 4:48,116]
(2) Others believe that even the punishment of disbelief may one day terminate by the grace of God. [Qur'an 11:107, etc.]
The Qur'an 4:124 declares: "If any do deeds of righteousness - be they male or female - and have faith, they will enter Paradise and not the least injustice will be done to them." In other words no religion has a monopoly on salvation!
2007-04-17 13:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by seven seas 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope, if your there, its cause you don't love God. If you didn't love him on Earth, you sure don't love him in hell either. Just repenting doesn't get you into Heaven. You have to recieve the Holy Ghost in your Spirit. Acts 2: 1-38 and John 3:5 Try a UPC Pentecostal Church.
2007-04-17 13:23:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hell, even for the worse person, can not last forever because it is only the Creator of hell that last forever. So if those in hell who do not repent will inevitably find relief, then so must those who repent.
2007-04-17 13:53:06 · answer #7 · answered by Danny 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, if you could I do not see the point in following God now. Why would he go to all the trouble to forgive sins and allow his son to die if he was going to forgive them all in the end? No scripture I can think of would support this idea.
But, you bring up an interesting thought. How hard hearted or stupid could some one be. Suffering in Hell and still refusing to believe in God and recieve the gift of life! Wow that boggles the mind.
2007-04-17 13:25:49 · answer #8 · answered by crimthann69 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, because repentance is not what is necessary for salvation -faith is.
In hell, it will not be faith to believe that Jesus is the Savior; it will be "sight". You will know by your own eyes that Jesus is on the throne because you will have stood before Him in judgment and received your sentence.
The other reason is that your choice is sealed once you ended this life on earth.
2007-04-17 13:27:38 · answer #9 · answered by biblechick45 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, they can't. Once they have died, they have already lived their life on Earth and had a chance to make it Christian. God casts them away for eternity in Hell, and they will never, and I mean NEVER depart from it. It will be a fiery and tormented place, but that's what becomes of not following the Lord Jesus Christ.
2007-04-17 13:22:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
As Salaam Alaikum!
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful
Surah 2:Al-Baqarah 160-162. Those who reject faith and die rejecting-on them is Allah's curse, and the curse of the Angels, and of all mankind; They will abide therein; Their penalty will not be lightened, nor will respite be their lot.
Answer.
2007-04-19 09:00:35 · answer #11 · answered by Inviter2Truth 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋