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Christians, will being in Heaven be pleasant knowing billions are burning forever in Hell?

God can't mess with your ability to know that he is torturing billions in Hell as God doesn't mess with peoples free will, right? So how will you possibly enjoy Heaven knowing that billions are in an everlasting torture chamber including some of your own relatives. Are you Christians just sadists?

Update:

@Jeremiah 15:19

I guess the Jews chose to go to the Nazi torture camps too then, right?

Update 2:

@Be Seeing You!

How could you worship a mass torturer? I guess Christians are sadists.

Update 3:

@Andrea the Guitar Goddess

It wouldn't surprise me if that's what Christians really want to go to Heaven for. Nothing like seeing billions of people writhe in agony for all eternity.

Update 4:

@Benoni "Darkness"

There is a huge difference between just and unjust punishment. Nothing anyone does in their own lives could ever be an infinite crime as we are finite beings, thus infinite punishment could never be justified. I can sleep at night knowing murderers are in prison for the remainder of their lives, but I could never sleep at night knowing that even just one person was being roasted alive for all eternity where their agony will never end, no matter what the person as done could ever deserve such a fate.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    There is a clear contradiction within your question;

    It's 'claimed' Christians of the false churches which forward that they are going to the spiritual heavens, while everyone else burns in hell, Christians forward what scripture teaches that is the vast majority will remain here on a cleansed earth and that no one will be burning in any kind of hell.

    The heavens are for a limited number, it is the earth which is mankind's home, and that is what was the provision from the very beginning;

    (Matthew 5:5) “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.”

    (Psalm 37:11) “But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.”

    (Psalm 72:8) “And he will have subjects from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth.”

    (Psalm 37:29) “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it.”

    (Proverbs 2:21-22) “For the upright are the ones that will reside in the earth, and the blameless are the ones that will be left over in it. As regards the wicked, they will be cut off from the very earth; and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it.”

    The word “hell” originally conveyed no thought of heat or torment but simply of a ‘covered over or concealed place.’ In the old English dialect the expression “helling potatoes” meant simply to place the potatoes in the ground or in a cellar.

    “hell” the badly translated English word which has been used in some bibles to render four “different” Hebrew and Greek words that have three completely different meanings, anyone who uses the word “hell” is most likely completely unaware of this and so proceeds to mislead others and believe the false notion of “hellfire”;

    “Gehenna” - Representative of utter destruction resulting from adverse judgement by God, hence with no resurrection or return, the end, those symbolically going there become non existent. (Mt 10:28; Lu 12:4,5)

    “Hades/Sheol” - “The unseen place”, the literal ground or earth beneath our feet, where the vast majority go upon death bad and good. The body returns to the ground the memory of that person resides with God to be used when the resurrection back to life and judgement here on earth in the future takes place (Mt 11:23; 16:18; Lu 10:15; 16:23; Ac 2:27,31; Re 1:18; 6:8; 20:13,14).

    “Tartarus” - A spirit prison like condition where the fallen angels who forsook their position in the days of Noah were placed for their disobedience (2 Pe 2:4).

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    You really need to understand God's personality. He is not a God of torture! He will bring an end to those that are acting wickedly, but as far as burning in hell, that is symbolic of everlasting death.

    Check it out in this scripture alone, listen to what it is saying: Rev. 20:14 And death and Ha′des were hurled into the lake of fire.This means* the second death, the lake of fire.

    So, how can death or the GRAVE be BURNED? It is NOT possible. It is Symbolic of DESTRUCTION.

  • LES
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Nobody burns in hell. Such descriptions of hell are symbolic in an effort to convey the suffering of those who go to hell. The suffering is mental not physical. The suffering comes to the dammed from a realization of their own sins and the fear of standing before God to give an accounting of their acts while in mortality. See below.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    no man or woman million. no man or woman is going to heaven. No the position interior the Bible does it say, Christians are going to Heaven. the recent international will be the following on the earth, even as Jesus comes the 2d time. The previous international will be burned away and the recent international will take that's position. God the daddy comes down from Heaven such as his Kingdom to be such as his human beings for ever. Hell isn't the position the hearth is, Hades is the ever lasting hearth, the position the wicket and all sinners will "DIE," no longer burn always. God suggested "the wages of Sin is lack of existence." Hell is the grave "a hollow interior the floor," the position one and all is going and anticipate Jesus 2d coming. examine your Bible and ask God for the comprehend-how, Mortal guy can no longer comprehend non secular issues, it truly is why God supplies His human beings a "Comforter" (component of His Spirit) to help his human beings comprehend His words. one and all that announces he or she is a christian isn't a Christian. Christians are to become as Jesus changed into; they are to evangelise the gospel as He did. Christians are literally not the following to keep everyone, Jesus did that once he got here and died on the bypass. We in elementary words ought to end sinning and except the present of God. You being an atheist is lost. provide up what ever sinful techniques you've and purely bypass to God in prayer and except his present of eternal existence. he will grant you with the comprehend-how. you do not have IT NOW. and under no circumstances will till it accept to you with the help of GOD.

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  • Jimbo
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    No, it wouldn't be but thankfully, I've read the Bible and know that what you describe isn't there nor does it exist. As for those who are judged wicked, we will have no memory of them. A cemetery is full of dead people. How many of them do you remember and mourn over their deaths? You pass by cemeteries every day and never give them a thought. There is no roasting alive for all eternity. Jesus said, "The wages of sin is death.". He didn't say the wages of sin is eternal life being burned forever. Jesus came to offer us eternal life. If sin results in eternal life then His purpose here was useless.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I don't want you in Hell but if you were to continue as you are now, I would be happier if you were in Hell. The question is dishonest of you. The choice between 10 pounds of sht and 100 pounds is still a choice. Come to think of it, what I really hate about you is that you think that if you go to Hell so will millions. i am fairly certain that you are headed to hell but I disagree with the millions THEREFORE the sooner you go to hell the better. No regrets, no sad goodbyes.

  • 8 years ago

    ....lol? bad people go to hell, no person with half a brain will be bothered by monsters like hitler getting their just desserts. i highly doubt anyone in my family would be in hell, but if they are then they had it coming. i would feel no love for evil people.

    you're a crappy troll, next time ask a question that isn't completely retarded.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I've heard several Christians tell me that one of the best things to do in heaven is to go to the observation window into hell so they can watch the damned being tortured.

  • 8 years ago

    Sure they would, they just said they wouldn't care. Did you see the answers. "they chose to go to hell so billions suffering while I'm in heaven doesn't matter."

  • 8 years ago

    first off you dont suffer for eternity in hell you will die eventually. second in heaven theres no such thing as pain and sorrow it wont exist anymore

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