How much sense does Hell make?

Answer 1

It doesn't need to make sense, just heat.

Answer 2

None. That's why Judaism doesn't have the concept of eternal burning hellfire for anyone. This completely goes against the Jewish concept of God being a loving God, no loving God would create something like that for human beings.

We have reincarnation, always have. What is "hell" to us is after we die, we see, feel and experience every single bit of pain we have ever caused ourselves or anyone else.

This causes such shame, such regret, such remorse, and also sincere repentance. We come out of this experience wiser, more understanding, more compassionate, and ready to reincarnate to walk a higher path than we walked last time. We are born with a clean, pure soul into the next life, and it's what we do with it after we're born that determines whether we blemish our souls or make higher progress in each lifetime.

The idea of eternal hellfire that Christianity has, originally came from Zoroastrianism, which if I remember right was the first religion to invent the idea. Judaism never adopted this concept, so Christianity didn't get it from us. Anyplace in the Christian bible in the Old Testament that uses the word "hell" actually isn't. There isn't such a word in Hebrew for that concept, because we don't have it. Gehenna, Sheol, etc. do NOT mean hell, contrary to what some Christians or other non-Jews say.

Anyway, so I seriously doubt that most, if any, Christians realise any of this, so if you do let any of them know, they will deny it of course.

Good question, thanks

Answer 3

Sense? Cents? Hah! Hell is a billion dollar industry, doncha know. The prophet is making a huge profit. Nothing like a little fear to make the flock cough up some dough.

Answer 4

it makes a lot of sense if your goal is to scare people into converting to your religion.

EDIT: I think you are onto something here though. there are differnt forms and reasons for incarceration (keeping them out of society, reforming them and revenge)- which hell can be seen as. lets analyze the concept of hell within the confines of christian mythology.

there is the idea that jailing "bad" people keeps them from committing crimes. However if hitler accepts jesus into his heart, then hitler wouldnt' be punished, despite what he did.
thus this doesn't work. you can hardly logically compare mass genocide to not bieng christian.

lets look at reforming someone:
hell doesn't "release" prisoners nor give them a chance to "serve thier time" and move on to heaven, thus this one doesn't work.

next we have vengance:

the idea that we as a society feel that someone should pay for the wrong they did.
While admittedly it doesn't fit squarely in, this would seem the closest form of punishment that hell is. pure vengance, revenge by society (in this case christianity) against those who chose not to believe. A minor infraction when measured against the level of punishment recieved.

Thus, even under christian mythology philosophy, the concept of hell can only be considered vengefull and retribution based rather than serving some beneficial purpose to christian society after death.

Answer 5

Justice

Answer 6

Hell makes as much sense as the fear of death.

Answer 7

It's going to depend on your definition of "sense". Because to you and me, the answer is none. To some people it's as clear as crystal.

Answer 8

It depends on which path of logic you are traveling. If you don't mind walking in circles for a few trillion millenia then I'd say it could possibly make perfect circular sense!

Answer 9

Just about as much sense as anything else in the bible.

Answer 10

it makes perfect sense you dont believe and you go there either when you die or 7 years of torment after or during the tribulation then you go there satan welcomes you with fire and nashing of teeth wll thats all for now