2007-12-22 10:14:12 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes
2007-12-22 10:15:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think fire and torture capture the nature of hell in human terms. There may or may not be fire or torture, but Catholics do believe in hell, and it's a place where souls go for eternity and it's extremely unpleasant. Eternity is a looong time. Yipes!
It's probably easier to get to hell then most people think, but according to Catholics, faith in Jesus Christ, repentance (asking forgiveness) and following His teachings can save people from hell. Catholics attend Sunday Mass and sometimes Daily Mass, so that they can celebrate the Eucharist, where Jesus is present as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The Eucharist is the true presence of Christ. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Light and He saves souls from Hell.
Hell is a real consequence of totally denying God. Many people who deny God believe that they are Gods themselves and need not answer to any higher power.
Catholics believe that Hell is real and that people have a choice. The choice is yours. Listen and you will hear the voice of light and truth calling in your life. Listen and you will hear Christ's call. You may be Catholic or some other faith. The key is living spiritually in truth from the fruits of God's love. The Catholic religion can be and is a powerfully positive way of life that can save people from hell.
2007-12-22 10:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by WonderingMan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the foundation of the modern justice/penal system. No fire, but institutionalized rape (often NOT appropriate punishment for the crime) certainly counts as torture.
A better system would be one based on emphasis on restitution to the victim(s) or kin of the victims, rather than emphasis on punishment. Otherwise there is no justice for the victims. In fact, the victims get penalized by having to financially support the incarceration of the perpetrator.
A place of pure punishment is simplistic much like the penal system concept that is inspired by it. Only a God with a limited imagination and an inability to think outside the box would create the Hell and Heaven that so many believe in.
2007-12-22 11:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a sad and fearful way to live. To believe in hell and being sent there, is beyond my comprehension. Does anyone ever question their beliefs or the beliefs that someone else handed down to them? I would never want to be a part of any religion that preaches that I am a sinner and will go to hell if I do this or that. Why would you want to be apart of such a thing? I don't want any answers. It's rhetorical.
2007-12-22 10:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by gogogadgetlonglegs 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fire? i don't know
torture? yeah. the main torture is separation from God
The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, ‘eternal fire.’ The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was created and for which he longs" (CCC 1035)
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2007-12-22 10:23:04 · answer #5 · answered by Quailman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just look at the old paintings and depictings of hell in old catholic cathedrals and such. Almost all the early depictings of hell were created by catholics.
2007-12-22 10:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by Josh D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought the place of fire and torture was Little Rock, Arkansas.
2007-12-22 10:17:12 · answer #7 · answered by fiveamrunner 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-12-22 10:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by moosl<3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some do, some don't.
That seems to be the dominant view among Roman Catholics, but it is not universal by any means.
2007-12-22 10:16:45 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows what hell is like. It has been described by people who have not been there as everything from flames to a frozen lake (Dante).
Hell is the state of complete and final self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed, reserved for those who refuse by their own free choice to believe and be converted from sin, even to the end of their lives
I like to think of it this way. The only way a person will go to hell is if they want to.
God in His (or Her) unlimited love has given us free will to choose. Our most important choice is to freely decide to accept or reject God's constant offer of spending eternity with Him in heaven. God will respect the choice to reject Him.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1033-1037: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art12.htm#1033
With love in Christ.
2007-12-22 17:25:19 · answer #10 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but some dont like to talk about it too much. They are up and coming as a more "open" Christianity in our world today.
2007-12-22 10:19:55 · answer #11 · answered by Loosid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋