As a bible-believing Christian, would you ever tell a child whose parents had died that they were in Hell?

Answer 1

It would give me great pleasure!

Oh, I'm not a Christian either but I do have a sadistic streak just the same.

Edit: Bwahahahaha...eight thumbs down, a new PR!!!! Sweet! Hey, my Christian comrades, way back when I *was* a Christian I didn't believe in hell either.

Answer 2

Now you have hit the nail on the head. THIS is why I am so down on Fundamentalist, even now that I am a Christian. You ask... 'what have we ever done to you".... LET ME TELL YOU.

When I was in my 20s I was an Atheist and my father died. He was a good and loving man. He was not a Christian. And I worked for a place that was crawling with Christians. They even had a bible study at noon. I was tolerant of them. But this one young woman always gave me a hard time. One day she said to me "your father is in hell and you are going to go right there with him". My response to the ***** was "if that is the type of God there is, heaven isn't a place I would want to be anyway".

That was over 35 years ago and I have never forgotten her narrow minded bigoted thinking. Do people really think that this type of talk will win people to God?

Answer 3

If I ever did such a thing, I'd be sure to have bibles and dictionaries on hand along with an Hebrew and Greek one as well to show them the true condition of the dead who are conscious of nothing at all... that Jesus went to hell for parts of three days... that Sheol in Hebrew was translated "hell" by those trying to scare people into their own self-serving manipulation by wanting them to stay home and have a child at least every other year... (my grand-mother had nineteen!) as she was told by the priests that altering pregnancies in any way was a sin and that she'd burn in hell if she did! and it was a terrible lie and still is a lie and no one should believe that such a place (other than the common grave of mankind) which is the true definition of Sheol and Hades, therefore "hell" and it's so sad that the world has to by still lying in the power of the wicked one... as to believe horror stories that were never in the Bible of the true God... but false ideas of the 2 Corinthians 4:4 god... That's all!

Answer 4

No, I would never, ever tell a child that. I think that's cruel to tell someone that. It is a part of my beliefs that someone's eternal destination is something that only God knows. We are not privy to that knowledge. I cannot judge someone's relationship with God or their life or their heart. I don't want that power or that knowledge of people. I don't think that's a Christian thing to do at all. I don't think a way to win people to Christ is telling someone their parents are in hell. A child doesn't understand what is going on if they are young, and as a Christian, I would embrace them with the love of God--not worrying about their parents' destination.

Answer 5

No. There is no need to.

Firstly, because I don't know that that is the case. Sure people do go there, but do I know that their specific parents are there? No.

Secondly, they've already suffered a great loss. It seems to me to be unusually cruel for a Christian to take such an action, regardless of the possible validity (see first reason). It makes me think of Job's lousy "comforting" friends. If those children eventually come to faith, then they can understand for themselves what the situation is. Telling them such a thing will likely only drive them away from God by making them think he is unjustly cruel. They need to see the BIG picture of the glory, holiness and justness of God.

Answer 6

I would tell a child the truth. The Bible says they are asleep. They feel no pain. Just as when children sleep, they do not know what goes on around them and neither does their parents.---John 11: 11-14; Eccl. 9: 5-6

Answer 7

As a Christian who believes in the bible, I can't tell where anyone ends up. Why? Because the bible states very clearly that God not man judges.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I'm not a "bible" christian, but a disciple of yezua (Jesus), and "no" I wouldn't tell a child that it's parents are in hell for who are WE to judge that they ARE. For another, it would traumatize the child and you would leave a scar upon their memory that would affect them for a long time. Psychology 101.............

Answer 10

I am not a Christian, but as a human being, that sounds like a horribly cruel thing to do. Even if you believe its true, do you go around calling everyone that is overweight fatty? Truth is subjective, but one has no right to horrify, frighten, and sadden a little girl who lost her parents with "the truth".

Answer 11

no way, i agree with several of the answers already given, it is not up to us to know who will go to hell, that is gods choice, and i believe it is child abuse to tell children mean things.

when the child reaches the age where they may contemplate what hell is and why ppl may go there, they will ask. even then you should insist that only god knows a persons heart and he will judge what is right and wrong when we face him.
always, always tell children god loves them. it helps them feel safe to know that someday they will be 'home' with him.

peace,
lily