Does Hell exist? Why or why not?
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"HELL" is a latin word that means \n"land of the dead", so it is up to your beliefs, i believe there is a hell, but it is not a firery pit, i believe it is a huge grave yard for the forsaken, and that the only the good will be left in the light with each other and the bad will be in the darkness to walk alone by their lonely selves.
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Hell is Nonexistence. Heaven is, well. You know what Heaven is.
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In almost every religion, both antiquated and modern, there is a conceptualization of some sort of 'heaven' 'nirvana' and hell.  \n\nI don't think any one person or religion can claim it.  However, what is interesting is the human need for this sort of metaphysical understanding.\n\nIf we create a hell, why?  What purpose does it serve? How does it help us organize our spirituality and our morals?\n\nDo we need a hell to scare us into morality?  If we need to be scared into a sense of morality... is it really morality?
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The creation of Hell was never meant to contain any of mankind.  To go there is strictly your choice. \nThe question is always this..\nWhy would a loving God send me to hell?\nBut rather the question should be...\nWhy would you be a fool to reject something so simple as to condemn yourself and allow yourself to go there because of your rebelliousness.
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The hell would be a full place?  \n\nI don't really get the question.  If most people went to hell then most people are in hell.\n\nWhat's the debate?
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Hasn't this question been asked, like, multiple times?\n\nHere are the search results for the other versions of this question on Y! Answers:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Almo4YtpIzyrHJpEJ8PCC5jpy6IX?p=does+god+exist%3F
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I think you can make your own form of heaven here on Earth.  There's no way to know if it exists in the afterlife until you get there, so the best route is to make the most of what you have here.  \n\nI don't believe in hell, simply because the concept of a place for eternal torture escapes me. I don't know that there are a lot of people I would wish eternal torture on- I mean, years of it for those who support genocide, etc., maybe, but eternity?  It bothers me.  Doesn't mean I'm right, doesn't mean I'm wrong either.
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I feel O.K. about that, because it would give everybody a reason to live a good life - not to live a good life just because they're being bribed with a promise of heaven.\nI don't believe that a 'hell' exists.  I rationalize that it was made up by the church during the inquisition period in order to scare and keep people into religion, so they don't commit as many crimes ("you'll go to hell if you do that"), and so they pay 'penance' or tithe to the church.\nI also agree with MichaelT: "People would invent one, just as they have for thousands of years, as the foundation of their culture."
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I dont necessarily think its hell.  I think its the median between heaven and hell.  Think about it.  You've got good and evil on earth.  Makes sense, no?
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actually Heaven always existed, that's where God lived, and he has always existed.  Hell was created when Lucifer (The Devil) was not content with his position (it went God - Jesus - Lucifer).  Lucifer wanted more, God said no, Lucifer got mad, God created Hell and said "You wan't to rule?  Rule that" or something to that effect ('that' being Hell, a pit of fire and damnation).
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First, we postulate that you cannot get very far in this life (let alone get Best Answer) simply by copying and pasting someone else's work.  Then, we can plunge into our own whack-azz theory.\n\nIn Yahoo Answers, you have the non-believers saying (to use th term politely) that Hell does not exist.  Which causes the believers to say that yes it does and you better believe it bless your sorry soul, cause it was scribbled down in a book a few thousand years ago. Which causes the non-believers to say what planet did you come from, which causes another flood of bible quotes and blessings.\n\nSo a lot of heat energy goes into the battle over Hell, but at the end, nothing comes out of it, especially when the Yahoo god deletes the arguments.  So in YA, hell is Endothermic.
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First how do you prove any person has a soul? Second, how do you prove Heaven and Hell exist in a tangible manner? Third, how do you know a god even exists, or for that matter that god has any ability to interfere with human evolution?\n\nLastly, since humans are organic material beings, did you ever consider that insanity may be caused by a persons internal environment (biology) and his/her external environement (society)?
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well, no one even knows whether hell exists, so there isn't a way whether we can know whether it is good or bad.
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no, because there is no hell
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No where.\nThere is no heaven or hell. Hell was used as a way to control people into doing good.
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There isn't a hell. The bible speaks of going to hades or sheol, which are both terms for mankinds natural grave without any afterlife. Belief in God can come by reading bible books like Job and Psalms and taking a look at our surroundings. Someone must have made all this. Next, turn to Matthew chapters 5-7 and read Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and use his "outline" of how to pray to do that; to pray to God. Ask for support and forgiveness in an honest and true way. This is where faith then comes in. Works without faith is dead, so have faith in your creator to guide you. May God be with you.
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Simple answer to a simple question... YES God exists.\n\nBesides, I wouldn't waste my time looking at or reading anything by that ignorant moron for a fool, Newdow!