If it exists? Obviously, nobodies going to come back and tell us, but What do you think it's like? I doubt the idea of medieval flames. I think it's more along the lines of eternal regret.
2007-10-15 09:56:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're right. Eternal regret is what I think it will be. But the regret is caused by prideful separation from God.
Hell is separation. Heaven/grace is union, unity.
2007-10-15 09:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I suppose the story "No Exit" is as good as any to describe a type of hell. In it, some people are to be confined in a room together forever, and they annoy each other greatly from the first. Thinking more deeply, Hell is on the same level as giving a horse a cube of sugar if it follows orders, or giving candy to a child to make it behave as one wishes. Such a concept staggers the imagination if one thinks deeply about it. If a man told me he was going to burn several people who did not indulge his petty whims, I'd KO him and call the cops. A god who would do the same thing on a larger scale is a psychopathic demon.
2007-10-15 17:09:44 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The concept of hell has evolved over time from Adam being punished to live by the sweat of his brow to the lake of fire and further to the nine levels of Dante. So given that Hell evolves does this mean that Christians will believe that it doesn't exist?
2007-10-15 17:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hell does exist, you are right, there is no flames, the flames are representive of the regret that we couldn't do better.
For us LDS we believe that the Telestial Glory is hell, as Joseph Smith said, If you could glance into the Telestial Glory you would kill yourself just to get there. It's beauty is beyond all earthly descriptions.
2007-10-15 17:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by newwellness 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Hell does not exist for the children of God (which is all of us).
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-10-15 16:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't make sense. People get confused and make the wrong decision while here on earth (for most of known history, the adult life was about 20 yrs)...
So they make the wrong decision in their 20 years and then suffer eternally for it... how does that make sense!
2007-10-15 17:00:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
That's where all the fun chicks will be.
Actually- it's quite obviously a creation of religious leaders in attempt to motivate by fear, their followers.
2007-10-15 17:02:56 · answer #7 · answered by Morey000 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What is this hell you speak of?? I dont believe it exist... so I have no opinion on it.
2007-10-15 17:00:12 · answer #8 · answered by Indiana Raven 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dante came back, mate. He wrote a few books.
2007-10-15 17:02:30 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think hell is different for everyone.
like a kind of personal punishment.
example:
if your worst nightmare is being alone, you will be,
2007-10-15 19:07:59 · answer #10 · answered by punkrocknerd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋