It must be a front.
or they really cannot grasp how bad it will be?
2007-11-14 22:31:13 · 44 answers · asked by I dont know 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
do they think they are not worthy of heaven?peace?
2007-11-14 22:31:38 · update #1
optimus-lakes of fire.
is that what you want?
2007-11-14 22:38:16 · update #2
Im not preaching,only asking-would any sane person REALLY want to go to hell?
have they grasped what it is??
2007-11-14 22:39:55 · update #3
As it is an imaginary place,then no, nobody wants to go there.Much like I have no desire to go to Middle Earth or Planet Hoob.
2007-11-14 22:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by Cotton Wool Ninja 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Which word are you translating as Hell ? Sheol , Hades , Gehenna or Tartarus ? ? None of these are Hell , they have all been Mistranslated as Hell
This maybe hard for you to accept but you are a victim of Christian propaganda and brainwashing reminiscent of the Middle Ages. According to the Bible .... there is no such place as Hell and your question makes no sense. If your Church has taught you Hell is a real place ... then it is time to find a new Church.
The disappearing use of Hell in the Bible: ... Hell was mentioned 54 times in the KJV of the Bible, only 32 times in the New KJV , the ASV and NASB have both reduced 'Hell' to 13 uses. There are over 40 versions of the Bible which don’t use the word Hell at all ! ! Including the YLT from 1891 and John Wesley’s translations.
Personally it is my belief the Hellfire concept was developed by the Christians as a means to control the population and stop the flock from straying – to frighten little children and Atheists into in believing.
Foot notes:
1) Sheol is the gloomy pit or grave of the dead.
2) Hades is a Greek mythical realm.
3) Gehenna is where you go to be judge for your lifes deeds ( a kind of waiting room ) .
The name Gehenna comes from the name of a valley outside Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to the Ammonite god Molech.
4) Tartarus is the Greek mythical underworld of Hades.
2007-11-14 23:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by londonpeter2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe hell is a real place. Not afraid of going there. Do people really still believe this stuff??? I'm being facetious here since your question seems to miss the fact that many people don't think such a place exists. If heaven and hell were real though I wonder if I would really enjoy heaven as it is portrayed in the Bible where the creatures sit around a throne:
"and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come." Or would I enjoy it if even half the people who are positive they are going there actually are? I'm skeptical at best. At any rate for me any just God will judge me on my life, merits, intent, and acts not on whether I worshipped it.
2007-11-14 22:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a relative thing. Would people prefer a place of physical torture to Earth? Most wouldn't. Maybe some in Darfur...
You seem to be sure about how bad Hell is. Consider the source. Yahweh is a violent racist baby-killing jerk. Luci loves everybody, as evidenced by him not rejecting anyone! In my research, all he did was hurt Job a little, in an effort to get Yahweh to realize manipulated obedience is not love. Luci even lets you do whatever you want, absolute free will without manipulation. Yahweh implies the Earth is about 5k years old when we have texts from 10k years ago. Yahweh claims he flooded the earth for 40 days, yet there is no earthen layer of masses of dead creatures. Who is real Great Deceiver?
I choose Hell, since it is Heaven in disguise!
2007-11-14 23:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Persona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there really is a heaven and a hell, like the bible says, all the religious nuts will go to heaven, right? Being stuck for eternity with every god-bothering, do gooding, religious nut would be my version of hell. If the alternative is all that fire and brimstone, eternal torture with satan stuff, I'd honestly prefer that. So YES, I'd rather go to hell.
2007-11-14 22:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by romyn_79 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are only thinking about right now, they are not thinking about being tossed into an incinerator that is on and not being able to get out nor escape it's pain and torment by being able to die. It is easy to laugh about anything you are not experiencing at the moment. But once you are going through it, it brings on a whole new perspective.
1Co:1:25: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1Co:1:26: For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1Co:1:27: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1Co:1:28: And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
1Co:1:29: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Take care and may God bless you spiritually.
2007-11-14 23:41:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Hell does not exist
2. If it did, by Christian standards, hell is full of rapists paedophiles and murderers and Christians, so I'd rather go to hell.
3. If having to blindly believe in an exact god with no presentable evidence is the only way to avoid hell, then said god is an **** and I'd rather go to hell.
4. It's obvious you are scared of death and going to hell, you only 'believe' in your randomly chosen god of choice to avoid hell. Any Omnipotent deity worth its salt would see straight through this, so YOU are going to hell.
5. See you there!
2007-11-15 00:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heaven being the alternative, with a load of ever so goody goody christians (or muslims or any other idiot who believes such a place exists) I'll go for hell anytime..., at least its warm there
2007-11-15 00:35:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't want to go to hell. I'm sure I won't because I haven't done anything bad enough. What I do want though, is for you to stop trying to scare vulnerable people and preaching to the rest of us. Keep you faith and leave the rest of us to our uncertainty or lack of.
2007-11-14 22:37:43 · answer #9 · answered by resignedtolife 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Would any sane person really believe that heaven and hell really exist?
2007-11-15 05:16:41 · answer #10 · answered by davidifyouknowme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I despise your God, so why in the world would I want to spend all eternity in His presence. The truth is, I don't think your god is even powerful enough to give me a toothache, so why would I think that He is powerful enough to send me to a place called Hell. Just face it, your god is impotent, otherwise He would do His own dirty work instead of constantly sending humans and angels to do it for him.
2007-11-15 11:28:02 · answer #11 · answered by Tea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋