Or was hell added even later by Pope Gregory in the 6th century?
2007-10-27 13:21:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
True, Hell was taken from Sheol and hades which mean the common grave of man kind, religion turned it into this place of fire and torment, really just a scare tactic so that members would not leave.
2007-10-27 13:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
No, there has always been a hell. The particulars have changed over the years.
In Luke 16 "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he many dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."
The differences are in how long hell lasts..is it eternal, do you ever get out..
To be honest I am not sure of my concept of hell at this moment I am researching it now. The Jewish concept of hell seems the most intelligent to me.
It is also possible that there is no separate Heaven and Hell, only lesser or greater distance
from God after death. In addition, punishment might be self-determined on the basis of suffering in kind
the suffering the person brought about. That is, Judaism doesn't have a clear sense of Heaven and Hell,
with different places in Hell for different punishments. Rather, the idea is that God uses the afterlife to
provide ultimate justice and for the wicked to seek some sort of final redemption.
http://www.biblehistory.com/Hell%20Jewish.html
2007-10-27 13:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Biblical references to hell:
Matt. 5: 22, 29-30
Mark 9: 43, 45, 47
Prov. 15: 11, 24
Isa. 14: 9, 15
Isa. 28: 15, 18
Ezek. 31: 16-17
Ezek. 32: 21, 27
Matt. 23: 15, 33
Acts 2: 27, 31
Rev. 20: 13-14
........and many many many more.
However, whether or not hell is an actual physical place or is just an adjective is up for personal interpretation.
EDIT: LOUIS, look in proverbs. That refers to hell as more than death or dust.
2007-10-27 13:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by gumby 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-02 22:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by garretson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus talked about hell quite a bit. For example see Luke 16:19-31
Daniel mentioned it too, but not by name:
Daniel 12:2 (NIV)
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Pastor Art
2007-10-27 13:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
It was definitely conceived in the Christian era. The Jews, and Jesus as one of them (if he really existed), have no concept of hell (or heaven, for that matter). Death is death.
Edit: To the one named "Problem" who posted below. How can the concept of Hell be reasonable if it is defined as a separation from God? Does that not interfere with the credibility of the claim that God is Omnipresent (Present everywhere all the time?)
2007-10-27 13:30:50 · answer #6 · answered by coralsnayk 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
God's WORD (Hell included) was around before The Council of Nicea.
2007-10-27 13:26:28 · answer #7 · answered by Red neck 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
The early disciples believed that hell was the grave. It was only later that hell became hot.
No where in the old testament do you see anything but the grave as hell or the end of man as going back to dust.
2007-10-27 13:27:52 · answer #8 · answered by Steven 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
No, most of the references to hell in the N.T. are from Jesus, so they would have been there right from the beginning of the church-it is possible, though, that they didn't want to major on those themes, as they were more interested in practical outworkings of their faith.
2007-10-27 13:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by neil 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There was very little Hell in the Bible before Jesus. He was fond of saying "Weeping and wailing and knashing of teeth."
2007-10-27 13:25:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋