Does Hell exist?

Question

Do you believe a literal hell exists, and what do you believe it is like?

Answer 1

Yes, a place that many don't expect to wind up in, but far too many do. a place of great regreat and pain.

Answer 2

The Hell that you and I were lead too believe.....the place of fire, brimstone, and eternal torment, does not exist. This is a man-made invention in order to scare people into religions.
The word, Hell, comes from an old Germanic word, Hoelle, which means the common grave of mankind. Even the word, Hell, is not in the Bible. If you read the Bible carefully, you'll find out that when people die, they become non-existent. They go back to dust and have paid for their sins. Their only hope is in the resurrection sometime in the future. Even Lazarus, who was dead for a week, did'nt report seeing something on the other side. He just did'nt exist.
As for the Lake of Fire in Revelations, this is just symbolic. God mentions that he will throw death and Hades into the Lake of Fire. In other words, he'll destroy the concept of death and the need for graves in some future time.

Answer 3

Not the fiery torment kind.

The Hebrew word she’ohl′and its Greek equivalent hai'des, refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind.

Also the Greek word ge'en‧na, is used as a symbol of eternal destruction. However, both in Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished (and some believe that this is with torment).

What does the Bible say about this common belief that people either go to heaven or hell?

Eccl. 9:5, 10: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol,* the place to which you are going.” (If they are conscious of nothing, they obviously feel no pain.) (*“Sheol,” AS, RS, NE, JB; “the grave,” KJ, Kx; “hell,” Dy; “the world of the dead,” TEV.)

Ps. 146:4: “His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts* do perish.” (*“Thoughts,” KJ, 145:4 in Dy; “schemes,” JB; “plans,” RS, TEV.)

So does any kind of soul or spirit leave the body?

Ezek. 18:4: “The soul* that is sinning—it itself will die.” (*“Soul,” KJ, Dy, RS, NE, Kx; “the man,” JB; “the person,” TEV.)

“The concept of ‘soul,’ meaning a purely spiritual, immaterial reality, separate from the ‘body,’ . . . does not exist in the Bible.”—La Parole de Dieu (Paris, 1960), Georges Auzou, professor of Sacred Scripture, Rouen Seminary, France, p. 128.

“Although the Hebrew word nefesh [in the Hebrew Scriptures] is frequently translated as ‘soul,’ it would be inaccurate to read into it a Greek meaning. Nefesh . . . is never conceived of as operating separately from the body. In the New Testament the Greek word psyche is often translated as ‘soul’ but again should not be readily understood to have the meaning the word had for the Greek philosophers. It usually means ‘life,’ or ‘vitality,’ or, at times, ‘the self.’”—The Encyclopedia Americana (1977), Vol. 25, p. 236.

Romans 6:23 - "Rom. 6:23: “The wages sin pays is death.” - not torment.

Rom. 6:7: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin.” - why would one be tormented if at death you have no more sin?

Answer 4

A literal "hell" is not included in my spiritual beliefs, for i believe this to be a christian thing...
I do however believe that we can be in a mental hell, if our spiritual condition is not maintained. I have been there and it is not a pretty place....by the grace of the Divine Entity most commonly referred to as "God" and my willingness to seek out my own spiritual path, i have found an inner peace and contentment...

i hope you find what it is you seek.

BB
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Answer 5

HELL IN KJV
One Hebrew word “sheol” is rendered hell. Definition; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), grave, hell, pit. Three Greek words are rendered hell; geenna, hades, and tartaroo. Definition of geenna; a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell. Definition of hades; properly unseen, that is, “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave, hell. Definition of tartaroo; (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell. Tartaroo is used only one place II Pet.2:4.
Christ teaching the Pharisees in Luke 16:19-31 shows us a separation from God is truly what hell is. The “water” is symbolic for God’s Spirit and love. The word “tormented” means distressed in the Greek, not torture. The “fire” is symbolic for the shame and desire not to be separated from God.
So all who die the first death of the flesh return to God Ecc.12:6-7, but on which side of the gulf do they end up?
Hell is not eternal but is done away with in Rev.20:14-15, called both the second death and lake of fire. This second death is non-existence, for death and hell and those not written in the book of life. This second death or lake of fire is like fat drippings that fall into the fire. Just a poof of smoke into non-existence.
Psa.37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
In my mind what’s worse yet is no memory of you, no tears will be shed for you like you never existed.
Rev.21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
So hell is a separation from God and is not eternal torture or burning. Eventually hell will be done away with or passed away and also some souls. Like fat drippings in the fire, a poof of smoke into non-existence, the second death.

Answer 6

Yes. We are living at it now ;where all the evil things exists.

On the judgment day, God will judge each one of us If we live accordingly to His will, He will take us to heaven; where we will live forever and in happiness. Then if God didn't take us to heaven, then we are the ones who are left behind. Where? Here on this world. So this is the hell.

Answer 7

God, would not sanction enless torture, At least not a good and moral God. God would always give someone another chance to change for the better. He might help them along with lessons, along the way.

Answer 8

no, hell does not exist. If you want the idea what hell looks like, look at Jonestown cyanide.

Answer 9

no i believe that if you made grave mistakes here on Earth, God will forgive and help.

Answer 10

it's a small town in Norway.

seriously.