2007-12-05 17:07:49 · 28 answers · asked by ANyone but you 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe it is wise to heed the warnings of someone who died, to keep you out of hell, and rose again from the dead.
"I (Jesus) tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him."
Luke 12:4-5
2007-12-05 17:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Evil, yes.
Primitive, no.
The further you go back in time, the less barbaric is the concept of hell. Ancient man had no concept of a realm of eternal torment reserved for the wicked. The modern idea of hell started out as a temporary state of being in which the wicked passed through a brief period of suffering brought on not by punishment, but by their unwillingness to relinquish their evil ways. By the Dark Ages, hell was an abstract, undefined idea of punishment in the afterlife, and again was considered temporary except in the most extreme cases of evil. By the Middle Ages, hell began to take on its modern character, and abstract concepts were translated into concrete symbols such as fire, suffering, demons, etc. Even then, it was still considered temporary by many theologians, and was still the place where the wicked ended up. By the Renaissance, hell started to be treated as a real a place of eternal torment, but it was restricted to the wicked. During the Counter-Reformation and the Reformation, hell took on its modern form as a place of eternal torment where people went for belonging to the wrong denomination or the wrong religion. By the modern era, people started describing hell as a place of eternal, physical torment where people went for not believing the correct dogma.
2007-12-06 01:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell is a concept of being separated permanently from God. It is portrayed as being physically a place of "fire and brimestone, weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth," but I think this is an analogy of what it will be like to be denied an eternal life with the perfect and unconditional love of God.
It is darkness and nothingness, no love, no fellowship, no progress, no hope, nothing. Why would anyone choose this?
2007-12-06 01:23:45 · answer #3 · answered by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that what I believe doesn't matter. Only that I believe in Him. Who/what He is. I am not God and have no authority. What I do believe is whatever he decides is what is. Be it what you want or not. It is. Hell is here on Earth or in the next. Both really. You choose. You do have a choice. And can change the outcome. If you are strong enough to do so.
2007-12-06 01:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell is NOT Physical, at least not in this current physical realm. The ENTIRE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE will be destroyed at Jesus' return:
2Peter 3:7 BY GOD’S WORD THE HEAVENS AND EARTH OF TODAY ARE BEING RESERVED FOR FIRE. They are being kept for the day when God will judge. Then ungodly people will be destroyed.
8 Dear friends, here is one thing you must not forget. With the Lord a day is like a thousand years. And a thousand years are like a day.
9 The Lord is not slow to keep his promise. He is not slow in the way some people understand it. He is patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed. Instead, he wants all people to turn away from their sins.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. THE HEAVENS WILL DISAPPEAR WITH A ROAR. FIRE WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING IN THEM. God will judge the earth and everything in it.
11 So EVERYTHING WILL BE DESTROYED. And what kind of people should you be? You should lead holy and godly lives.
12 Live like that as you look forward to the day of God. It will make the day come more quickly. ON THAT DAY FIRE WILL DESTROY THE HEAVENS. ITS HEAT WILL MELT EVERYTHING IN THEM.
Greek 101: "Hell" is falsely rendered numerous times by the kjv and other translations for the Greek word "hades" which means the grave. Another word, "gehenna," literally refers to Jerusalem's garbage dump, but is figuratively used numerous times in the NT describing a place of punishment. It is incorrect to assert that the only term used describes the grave or "underworld."
2007-12-06 01:13:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Primitive, yes. Evil, no, but only because I don't believe in the concept of "evil". I believe that it is a divisive, revolting ideology that should have died out a long time ago.
2007-12-06 01:11:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Primitive yes
2007-12-06 01:10:23 · answer #7 · answered by Biker4Life 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I believe it is misguided. I think someone along the way made up the eternal torment thing to scare people into the Church. However, it actually drives more people away from the church than it brings in. The only way to bring people into a church is with Love and the help of the Holy Spirit.
2007-12-06 01:11:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes and no....I tend to think "hell" might be more along the lines of what you see in Gary Larson's "Far Side" ....Either that, or we might be forced to spend eternity facing our worst frustrations, like being stuck in traffic forever...and ever...and ever....
2007-12-06 01:37:08 · answer #9 · answered by starcrssdlover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell was made up in the middle ages to scare children.
2007-12-06 01:11:34 · answer #10 · answered by Paul E 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋