2007-09-19 17:05:52 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I suppose you believe you should be able to live your life the way you want and be unrighteous all you want but not be held accountable for your unrighteousness. We live in a real world.
I also see you are not the only one who thinks that way.
2007-09-19 17:11:19 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋
OK. first the whole "hell" thing has been gratly blown out of proportion. is there really a hell?
right now NO.
reading revelation youll notice that after the saved are taken up to heaven, the wicked sleep for another 1000 years. after this they rise and wage war upon the kingdom of god.
but are destroyed by sulphur and and "an unquenchable fire".
so 1 thing is for sure. hell will be on this earth.
next infinite torture.
are we going to burn forever??
the bible says that we shall be rewarded according to our actions. and that god is a just god.
from thids one wud infer that we shall be rewarded accordin to what we have done. it wud be unjust of god to burn cain (who killed just 1) more than, a suicide bomber(who may kill more then 1.
so no we shall not burn forever. another reason is that later on in revelation it says that the kingdom og heaven wud *** down to earth.
so it will stop burning.
many may ask what of the "unquenchable fire".
simple, unquenchable means that it cannot be put out, so the fire will not be able to be extinguished. yet the bible never says that it will last forever.take a look at the story of sodom and gomorrah. the also burnt with an "unquenchable fire. but are they still burning??
so hell does not last for ever.
but why hell?
since sin is so bad, it wud be imperitive to remove it form this universe. and nothing can cleanse this earth then fire. so fire will remove and renew this earth for the kingdom of god.
i hope that answers your questions
2007-09-21 22:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell doesn't exist as most think of it and being tortured forever for sins is one of the biggest religious lies of the paganised churches of Christendom. The Bible bluntly and plainly says
1.Romans 6:23 For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.
2.Eze 18:Look! All the souls—to me they belong. As the soul of the father so likewise the soul of the son—to me they belong. The soul that is sinning—it itself will die.
3.Ec 9:5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten. 6 Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun.
I feel sorry for anyone who has actually bought into the lie of eternal torment.
2007-09-20 00:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by sixfoothigh 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't get too carried away by the description of hell being a place of eternal torment and fire .The way i see it is you have a choice to accept God or reject God.When God comes again to judge the living and the dead you will go to the place that you wanted to go to when you were alive.Just remember those who rejected God did so of their own accord so God is giving them what they want which is absence from Him for all eternity.When they see God for the first time they will realise what they are never going to have and that will be enough punishment . I have no idea how God will judge Atheists because they don't believe in God in the first place,which is different to believing in God and rejecting God's love. I doubt they will go to hell because they have not committed mortal sin if they don't believe in sin in the first place.I personally hope they will get to Heaven as every Christian should hope also
.Are there any Christians who don't want Atheists to go to Heaven ? If there are they wont be joining them in Paradise.
2007-09-20 01:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two eternal worlds are viewed before you...
1 - on the right is Heaven and all of its Glory Promised you.
2 - on the left is Hell and all of its Enferno., where pain and misery yours forever.
Which of the two looks to be more appealing to want to endure (step into) for all of enternity?
The idea is, everyone has been given two choices. It is up to you to pick. If you indeed do not want the 2nd. Perhaps you may want to repent your sins of all degree, and try staying on the striaght and narrow to the 1st, as much as possible. With all of your heart, mind, and soul. Otherwise, the 2nd may end up being your unwanted reward. The only sins you have to be conerned about, are the ones that disgrace the 10 Commandments.
~~Mafi
2007-09-20 00:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by JanRose 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sins are committed against an infinite God. Thus, the punishment would be infinite torture. Also, remember that Heaven is perfect and free from sin. If somebody dies and doesn't repent of their sins and put their faith in Jesus, the one who can forgive them of their sins, God won't let them into Heaven. God cannot allow imperfection into a perfect place.
Of course we aren't perfect. That's why the Good News of Jesus is so real. Only He can forgive you of what is ultimately our nature-a sinful one. It is not God's will that people go to Hell-it is ultimately their choice. They can choose to sin. Of course, if you repent and put your faith in Jesus, you are assured of your salvation and you don't have to worry about Hell. I would recommend reading the Gospel of John if you want to find out more. God Bless!
2007-09-20 00:22:03 · answer #6 · answered by Thardus 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hell is eternal or infinite flame. Sin is sin why to sin not to do good since the rewards is eternal happiness.
Is just okay if I'm doing wrong to you since sin is finite for you. Just finite.
2007-09-20 00:22:34 · answer #7 · answered by arnie 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
asper the hindu epics.there is a lord for hell and for heaven too.epics says that that the persons who does sins goes to hell and wh does god things goes to heaven where there they will be served by the finest hospitaliy,luxary and gives they wat ever they want.....if see the other side in hell..a person named "X' will write our account about our sins and good things we did in ou whole life time we lived i.e from birth till death..first all souls goes to the nearby hell and the 'x' reads our account to the hell lord and he decides the way of punisment to him or her..if sins r more he goes to hell.and if he or her does goood things they goes to heaven..and the loard of hel and the assitant of lord i.e " X" will decide that when u have to born when u have to die.in tis mean time of human living the account will be regestered by X
2007-09-20 00:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You will be smoted out forever and ever. Smoldering like ashes, for eternity. Like the smoke from a chimney that lingers in the air.
2007-09-20 01:30:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The sins are forgivable.
Refusing to belief in the Forgiver is not forgivable.
Rejecting the Savior is what will get someone sent to hell.
Free will is about choosing to believe, or choosing to reject Jesus.
2007-09-20 00:14:14 · answer #10 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Hehe, 3 answers in, and they already can't even agree on what hell is.
You see, this is why I'm not worried about it in the slightest. It's so obviously made up.
Edit:
See? The Adventist down there doesn't even think that there is a hell, and I have no doubt he believes that he is following the bible to the letter. They all do.
2007-09-20 00:11:40 · answer #11 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋