Do you believe that hell exists? And that you're punished for your sins?
549683
nope. if hell DOES exist then god is not all loving. if god i no lal loving then he isnt worthy of the title "god".
899389
As children we envision a devil who sits among the flames and sticks our burning body with his pitchfork.  We think we are hurting so badly from the constant burning that is neverending.  That's enough to make a child at least try to keep the Ten Commandments.  \n\nWhen we grow up, we can hardly believe in that concept anymore as we believe God has a plan for "hell" and the way it will be.  I have no idea about what hell is going to be like.  Some people say we are living it.  If we didn't believe there was a punishment for unrelenting evil people, there would probably be more because there is nothing to dying and just not exist anymore.
943363
The "hell" is a christian concept.  I was a christian for many years.  In my desire to become more enlightened I find that I'm more spiritual than religious.  I've looked into some pagan religions.  The idea is about finding peace and a spiritual path. (I would like that for all of us)
579172
I AGREE W/ WHAT YOU SAID 100%. BASICALLY HELL IS FOR THE DEVIL, GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO GO THERE BUT SOME PEOPLE WILL. ONE DAY GOD WILL THROW THE DEVIL IN HELL! PRAISE GOD! THAT WILL BE A GREAT DAY. AND HE WILL SPEND ETERNITY THERE. SO THAT'S WHY HE MADE HELL TO BEGIN W/.
1065421
if we die and go to hell, as the statement goes..then think of this  we are already in hell...rape, murder, child abuse, corruption, deciet, brother against sister against father against mother and war and overall mental chaos..we are in hell so when we die we all go to heaven after attoning for our sins to progress even further, so yes the beast is here :)
852135
Nobody knows what happens to us when we die, or this concept of hell or heaven. Well by catholic mythology, i think as long as you live a good life, christian or not, youll go to heaven, or spend a few years in purgatory at the most, because comon, then over half of the world would be going to hell. Heaven would be like some deluxe snob club where only a few members were allowed in.\n\nBut realistically our concept of heaven and hell has grown out of control, its turned into a huge bribe, but hey i guess it works a lot of the time. The jews (the religion christianty evoloved out of) didnt have a strict conept of heaven or hell, they knew to live life good, and that god would punish them in life for unfaithfulness and sometimes the punishment would carry over to those that were close to them. They had some slight concept of bliss and punishment in the afterlife but it didnt consume all the time and thought as it does in christianity. Actually it sounds like it was tampered with somewhat by rulers and writers.\n\nI dont think jesus wants us to suffer, if anything i think hed give us a redo, in a soemwhat reincarntional concept., then again if jesus did exist and was god's son.\n\ndont worry about it so much and just try to live a good life by the golden rule.\n\ndont take naything form the bible literally, most of its to be taken out of context into your own consideration and recieve a message and apply it to your own life.
1044747
did you check in "HELL"?
70191
That depends on your own beliefs. Do YOU believe there is a heaven and hell? Do YOU believe you will go to either one of them? If you do, then they do exist. \nIf you don't believe they exist, then you probably won't go to either one.
694592
I don't believe there is a hell.  Why would a supreme being have petty emmotions like venegence?  What use would there be?  He wants us to learn from mistakes, and he forgives...so why a hell?  It's a bit harsh.
546415
Yes. There is a literally burning hell. It was prepared for the devil and his angels. Anyone that has never been saved that has rejected Jesus as their savior, will go to hell.You must believed that jesus died for you and was burried, and rose again on the third day. Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins, and come into your heart and save your soul. It is by grace thru faith, that you are saved. By doing this, You then have a home awaiting in heaven for you.
806085
IF there is a hell and a heaven, I hope I go to hell. My suffering would be higher if I had to spend eternity next to this god character...
719770
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?
453948
"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.
1004584
We are in hell. I have no doubht about that. All the sufferings in the world today made me to come to this conclusion. i dont think there is another hell. This world itself is worser than hell. I think it was heaven once, now definitely it has become hell.
138959
"hell" does not exist, the idea for "hell" was made up from christianity and copied from the pagan greek/roman religions of the time.\nBuddhists will not go to hell.\nLook in the torah and the tanakh and you will not find a single reference to "hell"... perhaps in the re-written christian "old testiment" you will but that is changed and meaningless
1081624
you do know that u are going  to hell, right??
954739
No, no, NO!\n\nWe hear about some poor person who died horribly after being tortured, or after suffering painfully from disease such as cancer or AIDS, or a baby who dies painfully, and any decent human being says "They didn't deserve that..."  But God, according to the Scriptures of various religions, thinks they did.  According to the scriptures and Christian/Jewish/Muslim belief, He knew about it, He could have prevented it, but He chose not to.  Disagreeing with God might be evil, but speaking for myself, I would have if I could have.  If that's evil, so be it.\n\nSo it seems that God is not as caring about humans as we were led to believe - assuming you accept a literal interpretation of the Bible.  So perhaps that is why He (and some of his followers) are so insensitive to the suffering of humanity, and would condemn even good people to eternity in hell.  In His viewpoint, apparently, they do deserve hell.\n\nI do not believe that anyone, let alone loving, charitable people who have not followed a particular religion's doctrine (such as saying the "sinner's prayer") deserves an eternity of torment.  That is one of the reasons that while I remain a spiritual person, I no longer identify myself with organized religion, including Christianity.