I expect Heaven and Hell to be the biggest lie in the bible. I think if there is a hell then it is the only acceptable afterlife. Heaven by definition takes away freedom of will, and thus freedom in general. This is because in Heavan you can't sin, and you can't be unhappy (according to Jude 1:24). This might not seem like much, but imagine if you met someone in heaven who had seriously wronged you. Imagine if you met someone who raped and murdered your wife before he converted to christianity. Imagine if you met the person who murdered you in heaven, how could you be happy living around a person who wronged you so seriously and was not adequately punished for it? In my understanding of heaven it would take away your freedom to think and have opinions, you would basically be a robot that is forced to feel happy and do as God wishes. I think in Heaven everyone would exist as mindless slaves, it is actually a punishment for the people who sold their morality to a God, someone who would sell out their own morality in order to secure their salvation has no morals, and since the bible has immorality people who accept the bible have to accept things like slavery, they have to accept things like female subjugation, otherwise they are not really following the book completely. Christians love to write off parts of their bible as allegory without any reason other than that they think it must be allegory (because otherwise it would go against Gods nature and it would mean God is immoral), but this is a fallacy, you dont just get to decide what is and is not allegorical.
Which is why I think Hell must be misunderstood or lied about by people in the bible. Hell is choice itself, the same way Satan is, Satan offered Eve the apple after all. I think in hell the immoral people are punished to the extent that they deserve, but the moral people who refused to follow an immoral God will be rewarded.
With that said I have no evidence for this and I dont think Hell exists, but with all the contradictions in the bible I dont know what to expect about hell, so I chose to pick my own interpretation of Hell.
The bible describes hell as "having gnashing of teeth", "wailing", fire, and "sulpher and brimstone".
Conversely, heaven is described, biblically, as "having light unto seven times that of the sun" and "People forever singing praises to God."
Which place is better sounds great, right?
Hell is obviously the better place.
*insert record scratch*
"What?" you may be asking...
Light seven times that of the sun would provide a temperature hotter than any fire here on Earth, even if they're just talking about the brightness of the sun hitting the Earth. Heaven forbid (heh) they're talking about the SURFACE of the sun. At seven times the light hitting Earth from the sun, your skin would literally melt from your body and your eyeballs would burst. Oh, and that whole "Singing praises to God forever" thing? Well, ever hear of the legend of the cursed shoes who never let a person stop dancing until their feet bled them to death? Imagaine that, except it's singing instead, meaning you can't even complain or warn people... you gotta constantly tell the one who did it to you that "Oh, they're so awesome!"
Now lets look at the hell side. Do you know what matches the description of gnashing teeth, wailing, fire, sulpher and brimstone? A family cookout together at the farm. Gnashing teeth because you're eating. Wailing because, "AHHHHHHH!!! IT'S BEEN TOO LONG SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU!!!" (sob sob). Brimstone and Sulpher are common fertilizer ingrediants. And you gotta cook the food over -something-. So freshly grown and cooked meal with family vs melting skin. Answer's obvious.
I would go by the descriptions in the bible even though they are brief
They describe things like sulphuric acid
They describe bottomless pit or abyss
They describe outer darkness with weeping and gnashing of teeth
They describe everlasting fire
They describe worms
Some say those descriptions are allegorical but I take them literally because there is no proof the descriptions are allegorical
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Is it really fair for some good people be condemned to hell for having doubts. Is it fair for a 20 year to get blown up by a bomb protecting your freedom be condemned to hell because he wasn't sure. Is it fair for a mean evil hateful person for 80 years and on his death bed decided they see the light and repents go to heaven.
All those who need to be kept away for שמים ("Shamayim"; 「Heaven」) to remain Heaven should be in either the empty, dark, void of שאול ("She'ol") or גהנום ("Gehinnom"; 「Valley of Himmon」*)'s eternal sea of tormenting flames, depending on the severity of their moral depravity.
* called Γέεννα ("Geenna") in the Greek New Testament of Western Christendom & ܓܝܗܢܐ ("Gihanna") in the Aramaic text used by Middle Eastern denominations
Nothing. It's a mythalogical place dreamed up by Greek mythology. And adopted by christandom. The Bible says st Ecclesiastes 9:5 the dead are consious of nothing. Like Jesus said when he was going to reserect Lasarus. He discribes it has sleeping...
Heaven and hell are all in the present moment, depending on our state of consciousness, and ego dominance.
I wrote a whole story about what I'd expect hell to be like. Link is in my profile, if you're intersted...
I expect Hell to be extraordinarily boring. Like, if a brick in the foundation of the Taj Mahal were sentient... it'd be in Hell.
It does not exist when you die you feel no pain afterward because you have no nerve endings. Hell is only a fairy tale.
No idea what will be there.. But i anticipate i will take the bitch over.
My first fiancé, there to greet me during my walk through.
Never ending torture. It might be a personal fear that you're tortured with & probably a lot of anal probing?
Finnish tv person "Maria Veitola". The worst person ever. Fuck her.
Just about everyone on here , but thank God I will be having the time of my life in Heaven.
The same but you're allowed to sin haha
A ton of right wing fanatics
The pit of fire
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