Some Christians have said here that they don't feel bad for people in Hell, because they supposedly choose to burn for being the wrong religion or thinking the wrong thing. What if your friends or relatives were of a different religion? Does that not bother you?
2007-06-12 05:18:36 · 40 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lol, Christians will actually tell you (at least, this is the explanation they gave me) that God would wipe your memory of any loved ones who went to Hell so that you wouldn't be 'pining' for them when you're in Heaven.
How despicably cruel, no? A god who would just take away your memories of loved ones, just like that, because they didn't meet his standards. Even if I thought such a monster existed, I STILL wouldn't worship him. What a dick.
2007-06-12 05:22:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 8⤋
Of course it would bother us if our friends and family do not accept the truth. Only a crazy person or a person with no soul would say that it will not bother them.
Graciela, you are right, it sounds kind of "quzi-typical-christian-I'm-holier-than-thou" talk, but you have to understsnd that there are always people who will make a thing look bad, and Christianity is no exception. Some people say and do things in the name of Christianity that are not really what a Christian would ever do, say or believe!
A person is emotional, we live, love and die -- even if a person is a Christian. Our family and friends mean more to us than we could ever really tell. So if one of them would be burning in Hell, I would be truly distraut.
2007-06-12 05:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by joshprox 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I don't narrow it down to just my loved ones. I feel bad for anyone who hasn't heard of God's grace and accepted it, then lived by it, or has heard it and has rejected it. There is nothing more disheartening than sharing the good news, and then having someone just turn away and not accept the sacrifice that God made for them.
Sin is a choice, it's always sad when a person chooses not to spend eternity with the loving creator, but would rather do their own thing and suffer for it.
Heaven and Hell are spiritual places, not physical ones. Heaven is being near God and resting in his presence. Hell is an eternal seperation from God and his presence.
Personally, being a person who hates ice and cold, my version of hell is being set upon Mount Fuji, or being stranded on the North or South Pole.
2007-06-12 05:27:54 · answer #3 · answered by josephwiess 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally in order for me to think that someone went to hell, I would have to judge them and say they did not do what they were suppose to in order for God to let them into heaven. Because I'm not in the judging business, it's hard for me to answer. I feel bad for anyone who might be suffering in hell. But I won't know anything about it until I die and am judged myself. Of course, then it's too late isn't it? Just because someone believed a different religion does not mean that they haven't had an experience with God that led them to salvation. BTW, I'm glad you said "Some Christians".
2007-06-12 05:35:09 · answer #4 · answered by lsutiger4god 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question is very difficult for me to answer but perhaps it will bring a form of healing to me in doing so. I lost a brother 8 months ago when he fell off a cliff to his death. My brother knew the Lord and was a Christian. But he had a serious drinking problem and it really controlled every moment of his life. When they did the autopsy they learned he had three times the legal amount of alcohol in his body. In the Bible it is written that "No drunkerd shall enter the Kingdom of God!" Well that is where my pain and loss comes in. My brother was very near to me. I adored him and so did a great deal of other people. I want to believe he is in Heaven, but I can't shake what the Word of the Lord says....As a wife and a mother I see to it, no one else I love drinks at least doesn't get drunk...Yes when someone knowingly takes their life, or they don't have the Lord in their Life it's painful when they are gone....I wouldn't want to wish Hell on anyone.....
2007-06-12 05:34:47 · answer #5 · answered by Mona Lisa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I do. Try to help my loved ones, I mean. And yes, it breaks my heart that if they died right now, then they'd probably go to Hell, but they're so preoccupied with me respecting their beliefs and how their concept of God is equal and just as valid as my concept of God that it's hard to get far with them. I believe in God's infinite mercy, and I believe that if they regret anything they've done to hurt God, He will have mercy on them. There are orders of nuns and monks who devote their lives to praying for people, by the way. But we believe that even prayer like that doesn't get too far unless the person actually wants to turn to God. The salvation of a person's soul depends on them, because God wants it that way. (It says that somewhere in the Bible, but I'm a good Catholic, so I can't pinpoint it for you, lol. :D) That's why many Christians aren't devoting their lives to saving people who can't be saved. Praying for them and living an exemplary life is the most we can do for them.
2016-05-18 01:40:21 · answer #6 · answered by reina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea that people die and go straight to heaven or hell is a misconception taught by the early church. When people die they "sleep" ..."the dead know nothing". This was said many times in the bible. Even by Jesus himself. He also said that none were in heaven (as in people). He did took some people with Him when He ascended after Resurrection, though. Other than that we "rest". We don't fly around with harps in heaven or play guitar in hell with Satan. That is a lie. Just as the first lie Satan told Adam and Eve in the garden was that they wouldn't surely die. We were being set up for failure. We've been deceiving ourselves and others ever since. We don't have immortal ever living souls. Or dual personalities. The ONLY way one can receive eternal (everlasting) life is through faith in Jesus. Not through the Pope, Satan, or hell. Why would we need to be resurrected if we were already judged. That's fantastically STUPID. There are only two Resurrections in the bible. One to life (I hope this is for you). And one to death. That's it.
But if some of us don't make it to paradise, we have only ourselves to blame. God is just and we can't debase that.
2007-06-12 05:39:38 · answer #7 · answered by F'sho 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It definitely bothers me that some of my loved ones might (or anyone really) be there. I only hope they aren't. Any serious Christian who has a flippant attitude about hell doesn't really understand how bad it is. None of us do when you come down to it, but after reading about the experiences of people who've been there and come back I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, nor would I feel no regret about them being there.
2007-06-12 05:25:20 · answer #8 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel bad for many people who I've lost that I believe are in Hell. I remember somebody on this board once asking facetiously what is the hardest part about being a Christian, and I answered him seriously despite the insulting language of his question, that the hardest part for me about being a Christian is when unbelievers that I love die.
2007-06-12 05:26:20 · answer #9 · answered by wendy08010 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can there be a wrong religion? It's what you believe. Everyone can believe what they want to believe. There's no proof real proof of anyones religion. Not to mention how many Christians I know that follow some not all the rules. So maybe they'll burn too. I think as long as you live life well and try to be the best you can be you're fine.
2007-06-12 05:23:28 · answer #10 · answered by Laura M 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Don't ask rediculous questions. Of course Christians feel bad if a loved one dies who has not accepted Christ. If they didn't feel bad, they would be heartless...and not true believers.
I found out this week a young man I dated in high school, who I consider my first love...died late last year. His family was looking for me to let me know. His life was so empty and meaningless. He had a prayerful grandmother and a family that loved him. He had been to church. He went to church with me for a while in our 20s. Jesus Christ was demonstrated to him in his life through his family. He had every opportunity to choose a better life. Instead he died of an overdose in his 30s. What a wasted life. My heart is broken over this loss. He was so unhappy and miserable on this earth and he died hopeless. He was a beautiful human being that could never see his own worth and could never accept that others loved him.
2007-06-12 05:26:00 · answer #11 · answered by cbgrace71 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋