Do you believe in hell...?

Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lEn_BRElo

Answer 1

Nope.

Answer 2

The belief of a fire and brimstone has been taught for years and frightened numerous children and adults alike. However the Bible itself does not teach this.

The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology says that the concept “owes more to Greek philosophy than to biblical revelation.” The Jewish Encyclopedia explains: “The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical or theological speculation rather than of simple faith, and is accordingly nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture.”

The Bible plainly states that “the wages sin pays is death”—not eternal torment. (Romans 6:23)

Ecclesiates 9:5, 10 -"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. for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She′ol, the place to which you are going."

How would you be tormented if you were unconscious? Sheol in Hebrew literally means "common grave of mankind".

Acts 24:15 "... there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous"

Why would there be a resurrection of the unrighteous if they were sentenced to a hell forever?

(Ecclesiastes 3:19, 20) “As the [beast] dies, so the [man] dies; ... . . All are going to one place. They have all come to be from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust.”

There is no mention here of a fiery hell. Humans return to dust—to nonexistence—when they die.

Historians point out that the teaching that man possesses a separate, immortal soul did not originate with the Bible but with Greek philosophy. The New Catholic Encyclopedia observes that the ancient Hebrews did not think of man as being composed of a material body and an immaterial soul. It states about the Hebrews’ belief: “When the breath of life entered the first man whom God formed out of the ground, he became a ‘living being’ (Genesis 2:7) Death was not regarded as a separation of two distinct elements in man, as in Greek philosophy; the breath of life departs and man is left a ‘dead being’ (Leviticus 21.11; Numbers 6.6; 19.13). In each case the word ‘being’ would be the Hebrew [ne′phesh], often translated ‘soul’ but, in fact, virtually equated with the person."

Another thing; symbolisms are frequent in the Bible. So, is the fire literal or symbolic? And if symbolic, what does it represent?

Revelation chapter 20, verse 15 (King James Version), says: “Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” But verse 14 says: “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.” Strange! Is hell itself to be tormented? And how can death, a condition, be thrown into a literal fire? The rest of verse 14 reads: “This [the lake of fire] is the second death.” Revelation 21, verse 8, repeats this point. What is this “second death”? The Catholic Jerusalem Bible adds this footnote concerning “the second death”: “Eternal death. The fire . . . is symbolic.” Very true, for it signifies complete destruction, or annihilation.

It would make no sense at all for a loving God to create us and then fire roast us.

Answer 3

No, I don't believe in hell, but I do believe everytime a hear a Brittney Spears song, I imagine thats a little closer to it.

Answer 4

I believe hell, like heaven, is a state of being that we may experience from moment to moment ~ in this life ~ on this earth.

Answer 5

Of course Hell exists, silly!

The bible tells us so! And anything written in some ancient books by who knows MUST be true!

Answer 6

Do you believe in Santa Claus? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W1N6XwMcDI

Answer 7

It's a State of Mind, of which I don't allow to exist within me.

Answer 8

Seriously... Hell can't be much worse than living in this shitty world full of pressures, racists, and superficial people...

Answer 9

Yes, there is one. We dont want to believe but it is the place where all sinners will go who dont repent and who dont try to change their ways. All need to believe with their whole heart that Jesus is our personal savior.

Answer 10

yes,,Of Course

Hell is one of those subjects that makes people uncomfortable. We hear stories of hell being a place of fire, demons, and endless torment. Throughout history many authors have written about it, Dante's Inferno for example. Western culture is very familiar with the concept. Even Hollywood has made it the subject of many movies. Whatever the context, whatever the belief, hell is definitely taught in the Bible. But even the doctrine of hell is not without its controversy. Some say it is only the grave with no consciousness. Others say it is a place of correction and punishment that is not eternal. Others say it is an endless agonizing punishment in fire. Whichever it is, hell is the total absence of the favor of God.