What is the purpose of hell?

Answer 1

To have a contrast to heaven.

Answer 2

To scare gullible people into giving religious officials money and power.

The bible isn't even consistant with hell.

ive given details on exact encounter of where and how 'hell' was used.

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As a witch, i cannot really explain why i have such an intimate knowledge of the bible, but when it was being translated into english, 3 words were used that are now all hell:

Sheol: To ask
Translated to hell in Proverbs 30, Genesis, and Samuel

Hades: God of the underworld; resting place of the souls
Translated to hell in 1Peter, Matthew, Luke, Revelation

Gehenna: Directly translates to place of the lost
Used exclusively in Matthew and Luke.

With this, the concept of hell christians have in English is much different than what others would have and their definition of hell as interpretations left many gaps.

As far as salvation, i would consult your holy book and see what the new testament says about it since apparently the old testament is not important anymore.

A sidenote of the old testament word Sheol: it is not used as hell every time it is used...31 times Sheol/hell is translated to grave. This should be some sort of indicator that what is taught is not what is true even in the eyes of a christian.

I guess my obsession with history has shown too many imperfections for christianity, but i can still see no indications of christians losing salvation; in fact there are blood pacts saying you cannot be cast into the lake of fire.

hope that helps God(dess) Bless!

Answer 3

If God really loved his creations then he wouldn't sit by and watch them burn in hell. What's the point of torturing someone for eternity anyway? Why not just kill them for good? I think that worshipping a God that allows torture is pretty sick.

The original purpose of hell was to frighten people into going to church and parting with their money. Over the years not much has changed.

Ask someone who is starving to death in the third world what the purpose of their life is.

Answer 4

The purpose of Hell is to keep in those things that cannot be redeemed, thus protecting the rest of us.

Answer 5

Hell was created for Lucifer and the angels that followed him. He wanted to be God and he couldn't. When he rebelled , God threw him and his followers out. He made a special place for them called hell. When mankind fell and sinned God said they too would go to hell, if they didn't repent. We have a chance to be saved but the old devil is doomed. HELL will be his eternal home, after Armagedon Easy to learn and understand if you wish.

Answer 6

It is not even created yet , but it will be. It will be a holding place for the unsaved souls until the Great White Throne Judgment is over. Then it is best described as a funeral pyre.

Answer 7

To use fear in order to convert and control the populace via religion.

Answer 8

not doing God's will.. he gives you a choice all you got to do is do as he says and you don't have to worry bout hell

Answer 9

Judgement

Anyone can get out of it by believing in this life that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose again.

Once a person is dead, it is too late, and they can't escape the lake of fire, because it is eternal.

Answer 10

It's the theological equivalent of "Wait 'til your father gets home!".