Do you believe in Heaven and Hell?

Question

what happens after death?

Answer 1

Nope
Nothing

Answer 2

YES.
Hell: this word is the translation of the Hebrew
"Sheol," which means the underworld, the place of the dead,
but not the bode of lost souls or a place of punishment; and of
the Greek " Hades," "Gehenna," the former of which sometimes and the latter always means a place of punishment. In 2 Peter 2:4; "hell," is the rendering of still another Greek word, signifying a place of punishment.
[ Revelation 9:1;20:10,15; Matthew13:49]

Heaven: the sky, and the exspanse around the earth; everything apart from the earth; the firmanent God's dwelling place1 Kings 8:30; 2Corinthians 5;1; 1Thessalonians 4:17;
John14:2; 5:28-29; 2 Peter 3:13

Answer 3

Buddhist here -

Heaven and Hell are states that a person can exist in even before death...

There are about 10 different levels of enlightenment and Heaven and Hell are both two of the lowest.

We also believe that there isn't that much of a line between the dead and the living...

Check out the "hungry ghost" philosophy for a more detailed explanation.

Answer 4

imagine,taking off your slippers.that's what happen when we shed our physical flesh . The first thing you'll notice is that time has stopped.it no longer exists for you .the birthing process is pretty much the same. Both times we enter a different ,...for the lack of a better word dimension .everything is much faster and yet you have know way to gauge this.In essence your moving at the speed of light.that 's why you are still able to see doctors working on you etc. Then light returns to light! at the same time ...dark returns to dark! you leave this life with only character.in short the tablet of your soul.your choices and perspective dictate whether you choose heaven or hell.

Answer 5

At the time of death, the soul and spirit leave the body. The body is put into the grave. In the case of believers, the body is described as sleeping, Acts 7:59, 60; 8:2, while the unsaved person's body is spoken of as dead. The soul and spirit never sleep. If the person who died was saved, the soul and the spirit go to a place of joy and happiness – heaven. II Corinthians 5:8; Phil. 1:21- 23. If the person was unsaved, the spirit and soul go to a place of sorrow and punishment - hell. In Luke 16:19-31, our Lord clearly teaches that those who have died are conscious.

Answer 6

We wait for a resurrection.

Ecclesiastes 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.

All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She′ol, the place to which you are going

Read the story of Lazarus. Jesus liked him being dead to being asleep. Then Jesus resurrected Lazarus. It is just a small example of the big resurrection that will occur by Jesus when the earth is restored to a perfect paradise as created in the Garden of Eden.

Read the account at John 11:1-44

There is no hellfire as people would believe. Hell (Sheol) is the common grave of mankind. You can read more about that here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol

Answer 7

I don't believe in heaven and hell because there isn't a single shred of evidence to suggests they exist. Also, even if God is real, I doubt he is stupid enough to judge people in such black and white terms. When we die, we just die. Death is inevitable, natural and final. And I think that because I have reason to think otherwise.

Answer 8

Nope.

There are many theories I have about death.

1. You simply rot. Nothing more. But this does not explain the rule that energy cannot be created or DESTROYED. Has to go somewhere!

2. Reincarnation.

3. Pure heaven.

4. This life cycles over and over again. Those feelings of deja vu we tend to get? Purely us remembering this.

Answer 9

>Do you believe in Heaven and Hell?

Not in the biblical sense. However I do believe that a utopia of sorts can exist, and that we should be striving to create it. I wouldn't refer to it by the name 'Heaven', but it would draw a number of parallels.

>what happens after death?

There probably isn't any 'after'.

Answer 10

Yes. Jesus spoke more about hell than He did heaven. Many times Christ mentioned for hell that there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Answer 11

Jesus gave a parable:
Luke 16:19-31
19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.