Is there really a Hell?

I believe what God's Word the Bible --itself-- teaches.

I don't care what other religions say about anything.

And, several Bible verses show that there is no such thing as either 'afterlife', or, 'eternal torment' / 'hellfire'.

When it speaks of 'the lake of fire' it also explains what that lake symbolizes:

"And death and the Grave were hurled into the lake of fire.

THIS MEANS the SECOND DEATH [with no hope if resurrection], the lake of fire."---Revelation 20:14

Further proof of this is given in several other scriptures, including:

"For evil men will be DONE AWAY WITH." (Psalm 37:9a)

"Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be NO MORE." (Psalm 37:10a)

"But the wicked will PERISH;

The enemies of Jehovah [God] will VANISH . . . VANISH LIKE SMOKE." (Psalm 37:20)

"They are CUT OFF like heads of grain." (Job 24:24c)

"The wicked . . . are LIKE the CHAFF that the wind BLOWS AWAY." (Psalm 1:4)

"These very ones will undergo the judicial punishment of EVERLASTING destruction." (2 Th. 1:9a)

"The FUTURE of wicked people will be CUT OFF." (Psalm 37:38b)

The idea of an afterlife when the wicked will continue to live, and to be tortured forevermore, is a PAGAN MYTH. It was adopted by early apostate Christians --among other pagan teachings-- to help gain converts and financial backers. . . . Christ said that MANY would FALSELY claim to be his followers.

There are several warnings in the Christian Greek Scriptures about it, including:

Mark 13:22-23; 2 Peter 2:1; 1John 4:1; and, 1Thessalonians 5:21.

More about what the Bible's view of 'hell' is can be found in the article:

"What Really Is Hell?"

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2002521

Hell would be down, as heaven is up. Yet one can only go down as far as the center of the earth without going up again. Hell was considered the receiving place of the dead, where Jesus went for 3 days before he rose from the dead, in the center of the earth. You will find these definitions in the older Bibles, like the 1816 one I have.

I like to think of it this way. In the spirit realms there is no physical sun to shine. It must be the light of your love that lights your way. If you resonate in the lower frequencies of fear, and have no light/love in you, how great will that darkness be in the spirit realms? Hell is not eternal, one can learn to love and move away from fear, but once you reach that state it is a long struggle back to the light. http://new-birth.net/books_life_after_death.html

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To believe in a hell you would have to be crazy !

Of course not. The concept was made up to frighten and control people. Worked pretty well, didn't it?

In many bible translations the word hell reffers to the common grave, and Eccl.9:5 explains that those who die are consious of nothing.Also, Gen.3:19 states: from dust you are to dust you return. But since we are all sinners god made a provision for us to recieve forgiveness if our sins and a hope for the future by sending his son, jesus, to die for us. And since gods main quality is love, and he views us as his children, would a loving father condemn his children to burn forever? He does,however,give us neccessary loving correction and guidance which can be found in his word,the bible. For more information please feel free to visit jw.org

Would you like an answer from the bible? If you look at Genesis 2:16,17, you will see what God offered man, It wasn't heaven or hell. It was life or death.

Because of Satan's rebellion, God has altered His original plans to include taking 144,000 humans to heaven to rule with Jesus.

ALL of the early Christians were of this group. Most of the words of Paul were addressed to this group and do not concern the rest of us who will live forever on the earth. This can be very confusing to those who have not studied the bible long enough to understand.

Hell, as a place of torment, is a pagan myth, not taught in the bible. Do you really think that God would condemn any of His children to such a place?

The word hell is incorrectly translated from the old Hebrew sheol and the Greek hades, both of which mean simply - grave.

These words were translated in most places as hell, in some places as pit and in some places correctly, as grave.

The bible says that the truth will set you free. Now you know the truth and can stop being afraid of the word, hell.

There really are some god freaks on here, go play with the neighbours wife while he's at work

Yes.

Romans 2:9- "There will be trouble and distress for all who do evil."

God wants no person to perish. WE need to repent of our selfish deluded lifestyle and avoid perishing.

Hell is the state of anguish and burning conscience that sin causes fully exposed in the light of the glory of God, and the gnawing worm of self reproach for not having the salvation that was offered.

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Hell is man made to use fear to control people.