Do you believe in Hell?

Question

Do you believe people should be sent to a terrible place for not believing what you do?
If this is true then wouldn't everyone go to hell,since everyone believes something different?
Please explain...

Answer 1

Short and to the point:


I do not believe in Hell, since that would go against the idea of there being a loving God, like the Bible mentions in 1 John 4:8.

Seriously would any of us in our right minds, burn our children for an eternity because they disobeyed? I dont think so, and since we are not more loving then God, we can't expect him to do that either.

Answer 2

No I don't believe people should go to hell for not believing exactly what I believe. I believe people should go to hell for not following what God gave to us simply.
Here is an easy test to see if you are on the path to hell.
Question 1:
Do you believe that Jesus died to shed his blood on the cross to pay for your sins once and forever and resurrected after the third day to defeat death and give you eternal life?

If you answered NO to any part of that question, well you are on your way to hades(the prison when you die in this world), and ultimately to Gehenna(The lake of fire and brimstone after the judgment)
But..it isn't too late. As it is written, God is long-suffering, he is very patient. He wants everyone to come back to Him through Jesus the Christ.

The question above, covers the main thing it takes to become a Christian, a follower of Christ.
There are varying beliefs through the churches these days filled with traditions of men that have no basis in the Word of God. It is all made up things, that has been developed and introduced over the years by this man or that. regardless of what some might say, John 3:16 clearly says that those who "believe on him shall not perish but have eternal life" so that is all you have to do to start on the path to heaven. That path is narrow and strait and you have to have a helping hand sometimes to stay there but once it is found, it is a wonderful thing indeed.

Answer 3

No I do not believe that people will sent to Hell for not believing what I believe. That is not what the Bible teaches anyway. People will go to Hell for sinning against a Holy God. By that I mean, they will go to Hell for breaking God's Moral Law, the 10 commandments. But that leaves us with a problem. We've all sinned. So do we all go to Hell? If God gives us what we deserve, yeah. But God loves us so much that He became a man, Jesus Christ, lived a perfect life and became the perfect sacrifice for the payment of our sins. We are guilty of breaking God's Law, but Jesus paid our fine, and if we will repent of our sins, and put our faith and trust in Christ, we will be forgiven of our sins. There is a saying that goes "Heaven isn't filled with good people, just bad people who have been forgiven." How true that is.

Answer 4

I believe that people rot in their graves (sometimes referred to in the Bible as hell) when they die. And I believe that those who do no change their lives when God reveals the truth to them will be destroyed in the Lake of Fire (unfortunetely also, and incorrectly, called hell). These are biblical doctrines. But I don't believe that people will be sent to be tormented forever in some firey pit -- that is an unbiblical myth.

But it has nothing what-so-ever to do with what ___I___ believe. The Bible reveals that those who refuse to stop doing things that damage other people and things, God will destroy -- or rather, they will not come to God's salvation, and therefore they will be destroyed when the universe is engulfed in fire and changed (2 Peter 3:10, Hebrews 1:10-12).

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Answer 5

I don't believe in Hell as a place you go to when you die. There's plenty of Hell right here on Earth.

Why are some people born into easy lives (eg. Paris Hilton) and some born into "hellish" lives (eg. starving babies in Africa, abused kids in the U.S., etc.).

I can't believe a "God" would give "free will" and brains to people and then allow the atrocities many experience to happen and then send them to Hell. If he is kind, he must be powerless, if he is powerful, then he must be sadistic.

Rather, I believe that what people label as a single conscious "God" is actually a conglomeration of energies produced by nature and people (both alive and not), Sometimes these forces are able to combine with good results, other times negative forces may prevail and result in bad events. People doing good are helping themselves as they help others.

I suggest you concentrate on your present life and not worry about Hell.

Answer 6

It's a little like disiplining a child isn't it. If you be good for mummy and daddy you'll get this nice big lolly pop, but if you're bad...grrrr, you'll be sent to your room with no supper!

There must be an opposite reaction for everthing so if there's a heaven then there must be a hell! From what I understand though god forgives all in the end anyway so if he's real he'll understand and let everyone in to heaven!

If we're all going to hell at least we'll have pleanty of company

Answer 7

Yes I do believe there is a hell , absolutely. Nothing in nature ceases to exist it only changes form. We have been created to be eternal beings.Jesus Christ died and rose again and He said in ( Revelation 1:18- John 6:57 - John 14:2)"I am He that liveth, and was dead: and behold I am alive forevermore...Because I live ye shall live also...I go to prepare a place for you" (heaven)

Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. In Ezekiel 33:11 God says" I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked"Joseph stiles once said" Fix your eyes upon the very vilest sinner upon earth. Through death, this instant pass him up to heaven-with all his lust, and lies, and hate,and devilish heart-can he be happy there?Our immoral nature requires a place called hell. The effects of our sins are everlasting and so is the punishment for them.God, in His mercy has provided a way for every single one of us to escape. But the choice is up to us. He wants none to perish but forces no one to accept His free gift.There is life after death and the Question is where will you spend yours?

Answer 8

We are not sent there for our beliefs. We are sent there because of our sins. The only way that we can have our sins forgiven is to turn from our sins and receive Jesus as our Lord. Then God forgives us and gives us the Holy Ghost. This is called being Born Again. When this happens, our desires and behaviors begin to change. The Holy Ghost,(God Himself) gives us the power to become the Children of God.

Answer 9

I do not believe in hell or heaven. I believe in karma. Karma is the consequence of the past actions, whether good or bad. You take birth to work out your karma. Any action done with attachment and expectation therefrom results in a desire which propels the person concerned to expiate that desire. The sufferings that you undergo in the process might be termed as hell and the enjoyment that you experience could be termed as heavenly. "There is no heaven or hell; But our thinking makes it so" said Milton's Satan in 'Paradise Lost'. I tend to agree with Satan.

Answer 10

Yes I do!!

There are many different religions out there, I believe that many are so close in believing, maybe a little different and we would as humans must know that God knows our heart. And that's all that matters.

St. Peter is not going to ask you what you believe or what denomination you may be before you enter those Pearly Gates.