Do they really torture you with fire and stuff, or is it just separation from God?
2007-06-19 17:27:24 · 18 answers · asked by * 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dear mewtwo,
The worst part about hell is that you will be eternally separated from the presence of God. It's described as a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth, and i think part of that will be the eternal knowledge of having had the chance to have made a different choice.
i know that many think of hell as a place where all there friends are and there will be partying, etc., but its described as a place of darkness.
All i can say is that many of us have seen some of the "hellacious" things in this world- and we forget that God has not removed his hand over this world- so couldn't imagine how terrible hell is.
God's heart in the Bible is described is: hoping that none would perish.
Kindly,
Nickster
2007-06-19 22:30:24 · answer #1 · answered by Nickster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are tortured,burn in the lake of brimstone for eternity. According to God's Word we are separated from God in Hell.
2007-06-20 00:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by Candy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I as a Jehovah Witness do not believe in the concept of a hell because no where is it supported by in the bible, if one were to go back to early religion, one would see that the concept of hell was created to hold those who were uneducated and could not read in the grips of the religious leaders, therefore the religious leaders could make the uneducated ones make "contributions" to them and lie that if they did not, the would displease God and go to hell.
2007-06-20 00:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me, Hell would be as Jean Paul Sarte wrote in his play, "No Exit". The character gets sent to Hell and he will have to live in a room where he cannot move the furniture or ornaments and he will be trapped with two women that he both hate, and they hate him as well. The character says, "Hell is not brimstone and hot pokers. No, Hell is other people".
2007-06-20 02:09:49 · answer #4 · answered by PURR GIRL TORI 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an Atheist supposedly you are already separated from god so whats the difference? Who cares
2007-06-20 00:32:11 · answer #5 · answered by nihilist 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in the scriptures god vows that it is a fire of endless torture and yes it will be a seperation from him.
2007-06-20 00:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by umm khalid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's weeping and gnashing of teeth. You even have your own personal worm that never dies. Ick!
Pull up the key words here at www.godsview.com to see the verses. This is a great concordance online!
2007-06-20 00:31:43 · answer #7 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fire, sulfer and brimstone where just things jesus used to make it more understandable to us, as well as seperation from God.
But hell (then the lake of fire) will be torture beyond anything you can imagine.
2007-06-20 00:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by robertt223 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, Hell is a very real and terrifying place of torment for non-believers and unrepentant sinners. Let's take a look at what the Bible has to say about Hell. By examining the scriptures, we can learn a great deal about the place we call Hell.
In II Thessalonians 1:8,9 we see that there is going to be everlasting destruction.
"...in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,..." (II Thessalonians 1:8,9)
We see in this passage a glimpse of Hell. It is for those "who do not know God, and those who do not obey the gospel." In other words for those people who fit two categories:
(1) those who do not know or believe in God, who voluntarily choose not to, and
(2) those who profess to believe but by their actions and the way they live their lives, do not follow or obey the gospel.
Scripture indicates plainly that these people are still very capable of feeling pain or pleasure, thinking thoughts, and even have new bodies. They are just as real as you and me! They are only in a different place! Jesus told us that most are in the abode of the dead (Matthew 7:13-14). We don't hear much preaching about Hell anymore, but the Bible tells us that it is a place of extreme pain, of "...weeping, and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 8:12 & 13:42-50, 25:30, Luke 13:27-28).
Some people prefer to believe that Hell is not literal, but Christ suffered agony on the Cross of Calvary for you and me in order to save us from a literal Lake of Fire! Hell is very real! It is worse than any nightmare you could ever have! It is never ending in its misery and torment. The agony of lost souls eternally condemned forever and forever, without reprieve, parole, or pardon, is so horrible it beggars description!
There are millions of people who have heard the gospel message, some I am sure dozens of times, and reject God and His Son. They do not give their lives to Christ, choosing rather to go their own way and the way of the world. According to this passage, these people will spend eternity in Hell. There is also a large number of people who claim to be Christian and simply go through the motions, never really obeying the gospel or following the teachings of the New Testament. Their lives and hearts were not changed. These too shall spend eternity away from God.
So what is Hell? The above passage again gives us a glimpse into this. "These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord..." The fate of those we are speaking of is to be banned eternally from being near God, or to be out of His presence. What is being "destroyed" in the passage is the ability or opportunity to be in the presence of or near God. Death, by spiritual definition, is separation. Physical death is when our spirit is separated from our bodies. Spiritual death is when a person's spirit is eternally separated from God.
We can see from the above passage that Hell is a real place. In the book of Mark we see another glimpse of Hell as a terrible place.
"And if your hand makes you sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into Hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched -- where 'their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.' " (Mark 9:43,44)
The last part of this passage, "their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched," is quoted from Isaiah 66:24. It simply tells us that though the physical body is dead, the spirit is still in existence and can feel pain. If we "in the flesh" could actually see exactly what Hell is like we would truly be horrified. It is a terrible place of eternal existence for those who do not know God and those who will not obey the gospel.
Not only is Hell a terrible place, it is also a place of eternal existence.
"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels,...'" (Matthew 25:41) " And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life." (Matthew 25:46)
The judgment, once pronounced, will be final, irreversible, and never ending
more to your question
http://www.yourgoingtohell.com/
2007-06-20 00:45:43 · answer #9 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire, sulfur smell, eternal spearation from God, regret. go to www.gotquestions.org.
2007-06-20 00:29:53 · answer #10 · answered by an ambassador for risen Christ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋