I guess if this is how it works then, If I do not believe in rent then the landlord will not expect me to pay it. Do you think the landlord should make me pay for the lifestlye I chose, even if I do not believe I should? So do you think God will not send you to hell simple because you do not believe in it?
2007-07-09 15:46:31 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. If there's a hell, then it exists. If there isn't, then it doesn't. Simple as that.
However the question could easily be turned on you. Just because you DO believe in hell, does that mean it exists?
Same answer applies here.
2007-07-09 15:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by DougDoug_ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If it were only that simple. Wow, think of what I could do with all that rent money?
Modernism at the beginning of the 20th Century tried to say that God, Hell and all the religious concepts were only in our heads. Therefore if one does not believe in a Hell there is no hell. (So much for the easy way out. lol)
I believe that alot of my brothers and sisters on this planet will be very surprised when they die and find out there is not only a God, but Hell and all the rest of what the Catholic Church says exists on the "other side" -the invisible world.
Think I should bring a Kodak camera for that Kodak moment when they discover all this?
2007-07-17 05:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by hossteacher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not whether or not hell exists. its what your interpretation of hell is. The bible is open to interpretation. No religion has a monopoly on truth. Hell could be many things. It could be having to repeat a life experience alone while all your loved ones have went on to heaven.It could be a place where we go and are made to feel all the emotional pain that we caused others to feel.The possibilities are endless, but I seriously doubt we are made to burn for eternity.How unproductive! No,God would never entertain such thoughts.Man would ,but not God.
2007-07-16 18:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person stands on a train track and tells people they can stand there all they want and they will mock anyone that tells them the train approaching them at 60mph is real.The train is just imaginary.The flashing warning lights don't mean anything either:
Makes as much sense as saying they want to be related to a monkey, the universe came from an explosion that appeared from nowhere,and they don't like hell therefore it can't exist.
Luke 16:19-31
Rev 18-22
Matt 24-25
2007-07-09 17:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by robert p 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hell is a state of mind. You don't say "I'm going through rent." And yeah, to some of us, who may not believe in the literal word Hell from the bible, Hell could be knowing you have to come back here, and repeat yet another life to get to Heaven. To me, having to come back here, instead of out there, where there is no hate, no jealousy, no judgment, would be a place I'd call 'hell" or so to speak.
2007-07-09 15:54:32 · answer #5 · answered by deleriumbliss 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes you will be sent to Hell even if you feel it doesn't exist.
The best way to describe it is this
Billy Conolley was on stage and he said that the millions will be in the pits of Hell screaming to God WE DIDN"T KNOW WE DIDN"T KNOW and God will look down and He will say WELL YOU KNOW NOW DON"T YA.
Thats funny but it true.
Also its not an etenity burining in Hell you are sent to Hell till Judgement day then after that God will destroy Hell and you will cease to exist and only the Righteous will be here on the New Earth with GOd and His Son Jesus
2007-07-17 15:49:46 · answer #6 · answered by timajin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are always so on track. There are men that believe they were born women . Does that make them women?? NO NO NO> Still men, just need to let God help them and break them of the bondage they are in.
There is a heaven and a hell and we all go to one or another, even those that dont believe in any of this so called Christian stuff. All the way to hell, they will be saying NO NO NO< I am sorry, but then its too late. God tells us that one day every knee will bow and confess He is Lord.
You dont have to believe in Hell to be thre, but you do have to believe in Jesus and obey Him to be in Heaven.
Its all precious choice
Thanks for another thought proker. You do this so well. Press on with Jesus Christ, you are being blessed.
2007-07-10 06:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by full gospel shirley 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nor does it mean it exists if you believe by the way when you get the bill in the mail for you new rental unit just email it to me and i'll put in a word for you to help keep you out of hell also.
peace
2007-07-09 15:53:52 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God said in his word that all will have a chance to hear the gospel then the end will come. So no one can stand before him and say I never knew he says even if not nature is evident of his existence for he created all living things. Who live for determines where we winde up if you live for yourself and only your wants and desires in life you miss God completely and his plan for your life.
2007-07-17 14:46:45 · answer #9 · answered by mercynlove 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like I've said before, no one has actually ever SEEN air, but they can feel it, therefore, they know it's there. The same is true about God. Before we were born, God put in us a longing to know Him, and to have a relationship with Him. He doesn't want us to go to Hell, but if we sin, and are unrepentant, that is the only option that is left to us. On the other hand, if we sin, and ask God to forgive us, He will forgive our sins, and never think of them again. Satan is the one that brings past sins to light again and again. I sure wouldn't want to spend eternity with him. He would have fun saying I told you so, don't you think? So yes, I do believe in Hell, and I'm doing my darndest to stay away from it.
2007-07-16 15:36:16 · answer #10 · answered by Tammie 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋