Why can Christians describe more about Hell than Heaven?

Answer 1

It sure does seem that more focus is spent on the negative aspect of their religion than the positive.

"Anytime you do something for a negative reason, such as fear, it tends to yield a negative result." - Mighty Macabros

Answer 2

Actually, people don't know how bad Hell and how good Heaven are going to be. But people can get a closer idea how Hell is going to be than how Heaven is going to be, so it makes it easier to use fear to get you closer to God than to use reward to get closer to God.

Saying that Heaven is great doesn't do the same thing as the eternal torture of Hell.

Heaven is supposed to be billions times better than whatever a person could imagine.

Answer 3

Because they are led to believe the notion of Satan vs. God. That notion is fashioned after the pagan beliefs of time. The notion of good vs. evil has its origin in pagan theology.

What if God was responsible for evil? That notion doesn't make sense to Christians, but what does God say about it?

Deuteronomy 30:15 states,
See, I [God] have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil.

In Isaiah 45:7, the prophet describes God's creation plan when he reports that,
I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I the Lord do all these things.

Christian doctrine has much in common with the pagan Zoroastrian Persian dualism out of which it was born, it is completely alien to the teachings of the Jewish scriptures.

In Christian theology God never created evil; He is only the author of righteousness and perfection. Therefore, God could never create something as sinister as the devil himself. Rather, Satan's unyielding wickedness is the result of his own spiritual rebellion.

Christian teaching that Satan was originally intended by God to be a good angel but, in an act of outright defiance, ceased to function as God had intended him to, suggests that God created something imperfect or defective.

Christians often point to Isaiah 14:12 as a biblical reference to support their teachings of the final and complete downfall of Satan which brings to an end the long and otherwise successful career of this fallen angel. They argue that Isaiah's mention of the fallen "morning star" refers to Satan's ultimate demise at the end of time when Satan will finally be cast into a lake of fire as articulated in the twentieth chapter of the Book of Revelation.

There are, however, two serious problems with this assertion. First, if Christians maintain that the "morning star" is a reference to Satan, how do they explain Revelation 22:16 where Jesus is called the "morning star" as well?

Answer 4

It sounds that way because maximum Christians have not studied scripture sufficient to have any concept of what heaven is like. maximum of them do not even keep in mind that they received't spend eternity in heaven yet perfect right here in this very planet that we call earth. Rev. 21:9-27, Rev. 22:a million-5

Answer 5

Because The church likes to talk so much about it, so that they can install fear in this universe,and everyone can donate more money to them. Church mass can be just as bad as watching the evening news sometimes. Imagine if we went to mass and nothing negative was ever said. It's just as much a media/retail market as anything else. Since the beginning man has had to work to sale or trade or slave or lie or steal to survive. nothings really changed.
Religion to me is evil! Believing in a God and Heaven and trying to learn well and grow and do unto others as they would do unto me, seems alot more sensible.

Answer 6

People generally find the greatest pleasure in watching their enemies suffer.

That goes for all of humanity, not just Christians.

Answer 7

Could be a case of "Be prepared", don't you think? Or maybe it has to do with the fact that many people have "been to Hell and back" but nobody has done that with Heaven, so nobody knows what it's really like.

Answer 8

Because our God talks more about hell than heaven because He does not want anyone to go there and neither do we.

Answer 9

Because Christianity is a fear based religion. Describing a horrid place like hell will convince believers to keep confessing their sins and strongly keeping by the relgion in hope that they dont go there.
Putting fear in someone is much easier to convince them to do something.. If i held a gun to your head, you'd of course do what i say :P
That's why heaven isn't as described.
That's my opinion :P Hope you get some great answers!!

Answer 10

Because words cannot even begin to describe Heaven. no words in any language can describe Heaven....it is far too beautiful.