No man can imagine the details of these places but every Prophet gave examples and parables to describe these two very important places in the hereafter.
Every human being will either be in Hell or Heaven..... there is no third option.
The foundation of faith is on the unseen places told to us by the Prophets....... and revelation must include these descriptions.
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2007-07-10 11:19:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because Jesus referred to hell as a garbage pit.
2007-07-10 11:22:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ever read Revelations? Heaven is a city where everything is made of gold and gemstones and we worship and praise God all the time. It's always light because it's lit by God's goodness. The river of life flows through it and we can all drink freely.
Hell is a lake of fire where the suffering never ends, where you burn in agony but are never consumed, where maggots eat at you all the time but you are never eaten up. It is not simply "seperation from God" although that is part of it... it is actual eternal torture.
2007-07-10 18:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by doppler 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the new testament "hell" is the word for a section of town used to burn garbage. There is little evidence that Jesus was talking about an actual place of perdition, rather it seems just as likely that he was using the word as an analogy for being discarded or tossed aside. Heaven on the other hand, he describes over and over again as being a current state that is found within.
2007-07-10 18:29:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know the answer to that one either. It seems like any competent writer should be capable of describing something that doesn't exist. Fiction writers do it in nearly every book and science fiction writers have to do it in every book.
I suppose it is more of this, "God moves in mysterious ways" crap.
Have you ever noticed that God is all powerful but when things go to heII it is your fault. Christians and liberals are a lot alike. A Christian prays while the whole world goes to pot around them and then blames themselves not praying correctly. A liberal will perform exactly the same action repeatedly and expects to get a different result each time.
I am a conservative Atheist. I do neither. I learned long ago; the answer to every prayer is "NO" and every time you kick a dog it bites. It's really that simple.
2007-07-10 18:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The new testament is full of descriptions ,read the four gospels then Revelation.
2007-07-10 18:47:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no EXACT description but they're both described much more than "vaguely" and just a little reading would have answered your question ;)
2007-07-10 18:52:39 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'll find vivid description in the last few chapters of Revelation.
2007-07-10 18:30:24 · answer #7 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the scribes that wrote the bible had no knowledge of heaven and hell, there is no man that has one ounce of evidence of what heaven and hell would be like, we do know neither exists, and we do know there is a spiritual world but that's all we know, and that is vary questionable.
2007-07-10 18:27:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because that's not the point of the book. Heaven and hell are a subplot.
2007-07-10 18:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are vague details given. That is enough. We as residents of this world , cannot understand any more for now. It is enough to know that it's eternal punishment or eternal bliss in paradise.
2007-07-10 18:28:59 · answer #10 · answered by morris 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus said "Heaven is at hand" Now! What does that mean to you? We chose to make this earth what it is or somethig better. Maybe we should tear it down and start again, Huh? At least some parts of it.
2007-07-10 18:25:37 · answer #11 · answered by karen kremer smith 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋