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Would you rather a heaven exist (where "good" people go) or a hell (where "bad" people go)?
NOTE: "Good" and "bad" people are defined according to your personal moral compass.
You can only pick one or the either (hell or heaven).
You cannot pick both, and you cannot pick neither.
NOTE 2:
If you pick, for example, heaven, the "bad" people will die and have no afterlife (it will be like before they were born).
If you pick, for example, hell, the "good" people will die and have no afterlife (it will be like before they were born).
13 Answers
- Doug CatholicLv 72 years ago
Heaven. Where God dwells, with his angels and his saints.
Source(s): www.askmeaboutgod.org - Anonymous2 years ago
Because we have all sinned against a perfectly holy and righteous God, we all deserve eternal separation from God in hell (Rom. 6:23). However, God loves us so much that He sent His only Son Jesus to die on the cross as our Substitute so we don't have to go to hell. Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the grave three days later (1 Cor. 15:3-4). He gives eternal life freely to anyone who simply believes in Him. No one can be saved by doing good works. Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone (Eph. 2:8-9).
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life" (John 6:47).
- Bobby JimLv 72 years ago
Correction: In reference to heaven and hell, good people and bad people are defined by God's morality, not mankind's, and certainly not yours.
- SunnysideLv 72 years ago
There are no "good" or "bad" people; only people who say and do "good" and "bad" things.
In my experience, people act out past hurts: Alcoholics might have been neglected as infants; pedophiles might have been sexually assaulted as children; liars might have been lied to; shopaholics might have felt powerless as children, and so on. I don't really know who to blame because I can't know how many generations back the "bad" started, or why it started. I just try to avoid damaged people who might be inclined to do "bad" things to me because they were damaged. Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.
In the short term, this life would probably be more pleasant if it was filled only with people who liked me, appreciated me, and wanted to help me to succeed in all my endeavors, but that would probably get boring pretty fast. There'd be no challenge.
If there is some sort of afterlife, and if I were surrounded there only with people who liked me, appreciated me, and wanted to help me to succeed in all my endeavors, then that afterlife would probably get boring pretty fast, too.
The Bible is an anthology of ancient human wisdom, and Numbers 14:18 might hint at a truth: Children do suffer from having "bad" parents, even if those parents meant well, and that "bad can get passed on for countless generations, until someone sees things as the are and decides to break the generational cycle of "bad".
The Christian notion of heaven and hell makes no sense.
Your question is like asking "Would you rather Hogwarts Castle exist, or Narnia?"
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- YodaLv 62 years ago
Are you content now?
A content person does not rather have... There is no tomorrow for a content whole individual.
If you are not content, then you are somewhere else, somewhere in the future, never in the present.
The present is also the past because what you want to do is a reflection of current situation and your memories. But to artificially extend those memories forward forgetting the situation and thinking that you need to do something you do not like to do: that is hell.
- Anonymous2 years ago
We're all bad people. We're all sinners, we're all evil, and we all deserve hell
But nobody has to go to hell
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Nobody can be good enough to avoid hell. The truth is that death leads to immediate heaven or hell, depending only on whether the person believed in Jesus for eternal life, or not.
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The truth is that Jesus loves you and wants to bless your life freely :) Most of all, Jesus wants you with Him forever, and not in hell. The truth is that every belief except one will lead to eternal torment in the lake of fire for every person. Because nothing pays for our sins except the death and blood of Jesus, the sacrifice of Jesus that is already accomplished by Him . Jesus loves you! The truth is that Jesus is God, and Jesus died on the cross to pay for all of our sins in full, and then Jesus resurrected from the dead. Nothing else pays for our sins, not works, not deeds, not religions. So the only way to heaven and to avoid hell, is by believing in Jesus for eternal life (John 6:47), without adding any of your own works (Romans 4:5). Believe in Jesus to take you to heaven, and you will be in heaven, no matter what, guaranteed. That easy, thanks to Jesus! Tell Jesus that you thank Him that you will be with Him in heaven when you die, because you believe in Jesus! It is too late to be saved, after death