Do you believe in Hell? If you don’t, why not?

[Skyros]

Yes

No

[N192K001]

A unified mainstream Christian Hell? No, that's not Biblical.

I believe in the places explicitly mentioned in the The Torah & New Testament:
● שאול ("She'ol") in the Hebrew, ܫܝܘܠ ("Shiul") in Syriac Aramaic, and referred-to with its Greek-legend counterpart as ᾍδης ("Haides"; "eye-days"; 「Hades」; more lit.「unseen (place)」) in Koine Greek
Much forgotten/ignored in Christendom today, שאול is described by many a verse as a place of darkness, nothingness, forgetfulness, and inactivity. Interestingly, older English translations and/or non-English translations are needed to even see mention of it.
● גי־הינום ("Gei-Hinnom"; "gay hee-NOM"; 「valley of Hinnom」 , an actual place in Israel) in the Hebrew, ܓܗܢܐ ("Gihano") in Syriac Aramaic, and Γέεννα ("Ge'enna") in the Koine Greek
Now, this is the place common Christian concept of the Lake of Fire. Into it, She'ol (& Death itself, as we know it) will be thrown into it during Judgement Day (Revelation 20:14-15). This, as per the cited verse, is the Second Death.

Yes, I believe in it. How can שמים ("Shamayim"; lit.「Heavens」in Hebrew's unique Dual, not Singular or Plural), exist with Adolf Hitler & his troops, mass-invader & -rapist Genghis Khan & his Golden Horde, the dead Imperial Japanese military, the Islamic State army, all the world's most sadistic criminals, etc. are all alive & well… and even able to coordinate & collaborate together?

NO! Paradise can only exist with all those sadistic, psychopathic, sociopaths threats to society are safely separated from the rest of us.

[PortraitOfTerd]

No, things happen in nature that is cruel way before human civilization began... for example... Early humans who could not communicate... May have killed another member of his own species purely out of nature and instinct and he would not be blamed by a magical man called "god" cos it was in his nature to do that...
Same for lions who kill humans... Nature is jus evil... It is what it is... If God really did exist he wouldn't have designed animals to kill other animals would he? He would of designed every living thing to be vegan.

Also, there is no after life... we are conscious because of our brain... Not because of a "soul".
For example... When a normal intelligence person hits their head hard and gets brain damage... Their personality changes and intelligence levels drop... So if the person we are isn't bound by our brain... We could continue on into the after life without a brain at all and still think just as rationally... But the fact that someone with brain damages changes... Means that if the brain is completely destroyed.. the person is completely destroyed too and is no longer able to think or be conscious, do you understand what I mean?
This is why I think after life is impossible.

This whole religion god thing was jus made by some bored early human 2 million years ago who jus had a idea "what if there's a man who made all this?" "I will call him god" And like a trend it caught on... But his idea was false... Things created their self... Not by some man called god...

No offence but anyone who believes in religion is stupid and has below 100iq

[PortraitOfTerd]

I mean do you know how absurd it sounds that a man created all this?
Yeah maybe in fairytale land bucko, this isn't a cartoon this is reality.. that doesn't happen

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Nope.

Life can be so painful sometimes if there’s a hell worse than that than God is a perverted sadist.

Which I believe he’s not.

Hence why I don’t believe in his existence.

What God won’t listen to the prayers of a 7 years old kid?

I used to believe in God, deeply… But got disappointed again and again until one day I didn’t decide to be the God of my own life and save myself from whatever hell the life prepared for me.

[Skyros]

I don’t believe all hope is lost for you. You are a troubled soul who has stumbled as we all have done at some point, that doesn’t mean you can’t get back up. I’m actually going through a rough patch with God myself. For over a year I’ve prayed that He would kill me and evidently He has not. So I stopped praying for a while until yesterday. There’s too much going on in my life to be handled by myself. That’s why we have to stay by Him, because we can’t deal with life’s challenges by ourselves. I hope this helps.

[PortraitOfTerd]

He didn't kill you cos he doesn't exist... pray to a hitman to kill you instead and you will get your wish

[PortraitOfTerd]

Your so smart

[Snsl153]

It just doesn't make any sense. A place you go to after you die, and it's for eternity, and you go there simply because you may have made a few mistakes in your life, or because you don't "believe" in God, or accept certain claims that are made within a particular book. Crazy!

[jennifer_bloom]

I don’t believe I’m righteous but I believe God loves me too much to let me go there if I do His Will because God always gives me good things.

[Guy13]

Given Hell is mentioned in Hebrew manuscripts around 65 times using Sheol and New Testament uses Gehenna 30 then there’s got to be a Hell. 🎉 time in Hell is examined below:.
-Good example being,”Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devils and his angels (Matthew25:41).” -“And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (Revelation20:10)”
-And, “if anyone’s name is not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation20:14-15)
-Sounds like a seriously unholy family reunion to me for those who are not In and Through Christ Jesus… For those who know Messiah Jesus as Savior and Lord then they will be written in the Book of Life glorified with their Creator, God.

[Wade12345]

Yes, Hell is very real. You live your entire life disobeying and rejecting God, He has every right to reject you in return. If He did not separate evil from Good, then Heaven woudln't be a place of reward for the good people.

I don't want to go to Heaven if it's full of people who did all the sins I chose not to do when I obeyed God and they did not obey God. The Book of Ezekiel says when a supposedly righteous man turns away and does evil, he will die in his sin and his blood will be required at his own hands. That's a pattern of evil works. It's not an excuse when you live like a whore and you reject God you go to Hell. Doesn't matter what you claim to believe, it's do you have good works. If not, you go to Hell.

[captain_voidwalker]

I think both heaven and hell are not at all accurately depicted in peoples minds. For instance heaven is where God and his angles live and you as far as I know don't go there when you die. If you are virtuous You go the kingdom of God which is a very different place than heaven. And in that is a place that will be shaped by your good works. Think of the movie what dreams may come when Robin Williams character went to heaven.
Hell by contrast was a prison created for the devil and his fallen angels. No human will ever be sent there. Wicked humans are cast into the lake of fire or Gahenna where they are burnt up and suffer the second death. Basically your existence ends, your done, gone, zeroed out.
But yes hell does exist just not how you think it does.

[crossdressingrihno]

I'm not a Christian so I don't believe in hell
Even if I was a Christian I wouldn't believe that God is so evil that he would legit let a place such as hell exist

I do have a faith but I don't believe in a heaven or hell rather I believe the afterlife is more or less a nothingness a void a lack of all things were you basically just stop existing until you're needed again kind of like deleting and then redownloading an application

[Skyros]

I am very sorry to know you feel this way. I’ve heard of many stories where non believers and atheist came to believe in God and get saved. There’s still hope for you.

[crossdressingrihno]

I'm all good

[slatyb]

Why not? For the same reason I don't believe in Santa Claus and leprechauns and don't think Hogwarts is real. It's just make-believe. And don't quote your holy book to me, that's just more words someone made up one day. And don't bring up Pascal's wager. I can't believe in something so silly, and besides, there are many religions in the world and I can't follow them all.

[Creampiekarl420]

Yes I do because it’s a safer option say you spend your whole life acting like hell doesn’t exist when you really have no proof whatsoever then die and boom it’s real

[rebeccadn]

good point

[OfDeath]

It depends what you mean by Hell. The word can be used as a noun to describe a bad situation or place. In that sense it is real.

But Hell in terms of religious superstition regarding a fantastical place of interminable suffering one goes to after their death? No.

[laurieluvsit]

Yes, it is quite real

[exitseven]

Yes, there is definitely a hell. I hope it is not as bad as everyone says it is.

[Sonorous]

No. But I would easily believe in it if people had evidence or if it was a place we could visit. Maybe even stay a few nights. But I still wouldn't attribute it to some spiritual story. The only confirmation would be that it exists.

[lamaguy]

No how is it physically possible


If you say because it isn’t physically existing and is a state of mind or a place for the soul to go, then it still is a physical place. Plus how can an imaginary place exist

[PhenomenalQueen]

I’m not sure but I feel as if it’s more of a state.. However, there’s been people who have allegedly died and went to hell, they come back to tell their story.

[Anonymous]

I don’t believe in heaven or hell or god or any of the bronze-aged human created fables. The hell concept is actually a more modern concept since it didn’t actually exist in the early stories.
They were fables to control a simpler people.
In the age of technology and science, there should not be any adults who actually believe in magic and the supernatural.

[genericname85]

I believe in hell as a state of being and experiencing life as you are still alive as a consequence of bad decisions. I do not believe in this fictional afterlife place. I don't believe in afterlife generally.

[CountessSarah]

No.
For the same reason I don't believe the rest of any given religion - they have failed to meet their burden of proof.

[lightbulb27]

in essence yes, no idea what it is. it's here, question is if that is what we get to keep forever.

[Belgie]

No evidence. Same reason I don't believe in god's or heavens.

[Apple1996]

Nah not real hell. If anything we experience things like hell here on earth and not in the afterlife

[MCheetah]

The Biblical version of Hell? No. We're already living in Hell RIGHT NOW.

[Guy__]

I think so too.
But a more positive outlook would be saying that we are in heaven right now, which means we can choose any reality we want and we create the shitty world ourselves. Our negative state of mind is what's creating the hell. At least it's a less stressful way to live.

[MCheetah]

@Guy__
Nah, I think it's all the sh*tty corrupt politicians, scummy corporate CEOs, Chinese Communists, and general stupidity and laziness of modern humanity, creating our version of Hell.