How large is it to hold billions of souls, and how many kilojoules of heat would it take to make the lake of fire burn forever at a constant temurature of "hellish hot"?
2007-12-14 14:08:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Statistics are pure hell. I heard there was only room in heaven for 32 people, and they are all Buddhist.
2007-12-14 14:39:04 · answer #1 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why take it so literally? The afterlife is another plane of existence, so physical size is irrelevant. The flaming fire is a metaphor for suffering, because to be burned alive is the worst pain a human can endure. (So I've been told, and have no reason to dispute it.) To get exactly what one says one desires--an existence free from God's presence--would be an existence of selfish desires that can never be filled, unable to love or help another, because you focus only on yourself and your suffering.
I do, in fact, adhere somewhat to the idea that we make our own hell here on earth, from what I've seen of people who can't think of anything except themselves. I just think it continues into the next life.
2007-12-15 09:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposing it ever existed, I would think it would be like a singularity point. Seeing as most people view souls as *insubstantial* they could theoretically all fit into a single point, and I would think that the very nature of a singularity point would be able to provide all the energy needed to fuel a "lake of fire".
2007-12-14 22:29:36 · answer #3 · answered by c i 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about that now...those are equations specifically reserved for us to slave endlessly over while we are in Hell...don't torture yourself over it prematurely...
2007-12-14 22:17:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell doesn't have an actual size, it just goes on to fit every person cast down there. heat wise, it just goes on forever; God made it that way.
2007-12-14 22:12:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Never been there so I don't know.
Haven't even seen a blue print either to read it
2007-12-14 22:13:48 · answer #6 · answered by chersa 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I could say it's the sun and the problem would be solved.
2007-12-14 22:11:50 · answer #7 · answered by Skeptic123 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It doesn't matter because there is no hell.
2007-12-14 23:05:02 · answer #8 · answered by Shit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋