Is there a literally burning hell or is it just religious imagination? How can one avoid going there if real?
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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.
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It's an interesting story. Although, I believe that heaven and hell is much different. I believe that to get to either one or the other, we choose. Now this is where people get lost. Obviously no one chooses to go to hell (not that they know of). I believe that hell is a place where we are separated from God. Therefore our soul burns with grief and we gnash our teeth. Heaven is a place where we are connected with God. We are designed to be with God and that is why it burns to be separated. You see, people choose all their lives to live without God. God simply gives them what they have always wanted. Separation.
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Yes these places are real.\nYou will experience Hell for eternity if you commit suicide, because the Bible says that you shouldn't murder (and killing yourself is murder.)\nGod will not take your life; you will have to be saved first.\nI do not worry about death; God protects me. I also do not worry because when I die, it's my time. \nemail me: weir_weirdo@yahoo.com for q's about heaven and hell.
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"Hell isn’t a place. This life is hell." \n\nSkeptics who say this are trying to dismiss the reality of hell. They might like to think that life as we know it couldn’t get any worse, but the sufferings in this life will be heaven compared to the suffering in the next life—for those who die in their sins. This life is the closest thing to hell that Christians will ever know, and the closest thing to heaven that sinners will ever know.
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i don't believe in a hell .. i do however believe in many levels of spirit world ( heaven if you wish )\nwhat we learn here determines in a sense which level we achieve\ni don't believe in damnation as our spirit is ever growing and learning so even bad actions in this life may have been a great lesson for the next\nthere is proof of spirit ... if you read the right things ... or see a reputable medium ( and i mean reputable as so many fakes out there or ones not knowledgeable enough in what they do )\nand if you get that proof of spirit then you can take that a step further by reading about spirit teachings .. such as silver birch or white feather \none book i found fascinating on the subject was " life beyond the veil " which is a very old book and hard to get a hold of .. but if you manage to .. its well worth the read
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The Christian idea of hell comes from the New Testament.  Specifically, Luke chapter 16.  Jesus tells a story about a man who finds himself suffering in hell.  Later in the New Testament there is talk about an eternal lake of fire, which sinful people will be thrown into, and where the devil will suffer eternally.  People have extrapolated what happens to the devil to include all people thrown into the lake of fire suffering eternally too.  However, I find that the New Testament has a whole lot more references to people either going to heaven or dieing.  A person might be tossed into an eternal lake of fire, but while the lake of fire might last forever, the people thrown in will die quickly.  I noticed one person pointing out some verses in the New Testament book of Revelations.  He says that the verses say the damned shall be tormented forever, but the verses clearly say the smoke from the people will go on forever.  So the people die.
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Sure, take a course in liberal theology, then you can discount all of the teachings you don't like or put them in a cultural context so that it seems like the eternal Word of God is either a figurative myth or it doesn't really apply to YOU at this point in time.\n\nThen you can join all of the other people who are on the highway to Hell and have a merry ride until you find out that it ends at a cliff overlooking the Lake of Fire!\n\n"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."  Matthew 7:13-15
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it's about a trip to hell
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But the question is what this punishment will consist of. Is it eternal torture? Not likely. Apart from major philosophical and ethical issues, the idea of hell as an eternal torture chamber is a primitive and un-Christian notion, a result of early Christianity's loss of ground to patristic, egotistic pagans. \n\nDoes this punishment consist of utter annihilation of the soul in question? Possibly. This is what the Bible seems to be saying.\n\nDoes this punishment consist of selective destruction of the wicked part of the soul in question, and the rest obtaining forgiveness? Possibly. Again, this can be read out of Scriptures.\n\nBut in any of  the above cases, Satan is acting (like he always has been) as an agent of God's will.\n\nTheses are complicated theological issues that require much study, and I am afraid I have not quite done them justice, so forgive me if in my ignorance I have presented something untrue.
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yaaaaaaay!!!!---you are exposing them--and they don,t like it!!!----don,t worry they will pray for you with an idiotic smile on their faces!!!!!----i think hell was made up by weak men trying to gain power in there societies--mmm--that might explain god too!!-----there is a powerful god and only i can speak with him---revere me and no harm shall befall  you!!!---and if you do not obey the word of god that i relay to you--you will burn in the fiery depths forever and a day!!!!!!
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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/.
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Hell is a truth revealed by God.  It is both a place and a state and will not go away despite our thoughts or opinions.  So learn about it, see Jesus story of Lazarus and the rich man.  Quite scary.
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Salam!\n\nThere's only one hell but it has 7 levels. Each worst than the other. As far as i know none of the levels are categorized into belonging to christians, jews, etc. The deeper you will fall into hell fire, the worst it will be.\n\nThe worst of the enemies of Allah (SWT) will be in the lowest and the worst part of hell. And the least of them will be punished with wearing shoes which will be made from fire of hell.\n\nNow hell fire is extremely hot. It is nothing compared to the fire of this world. The hell fire will be able to affect people standing thousands of distance away from it.\n\n...And Allah knows best!
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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)
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uh oh, someone else is catching on! lol same thing i asked. if hell is physical place, then had technology allow we should be able to travel there. be it spiritual place then how can we feel pain and torture if its a physical pain thats being described? im glad im not the only one whos thought about this, "how can hell burn you?" question...\n\nupon reading some answers, i now have to ask, if we get our bodies back at apocolypse and that is how we burn, then what about people who died hundreds of years ago? are they waiting to get bodies back so they can be burned? and if they are then you are lying when u say u will be burned for all eternity,
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well some people believe that the only way you go to the fire place is if you refuse to believe in him.\n\nthe similarities between god and santa claus are uncanny, except if you are bad, santa only punishes you with no presents on christmas but god makes you BURN!
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Ok here we go- I am sorry this answer is long but I know if you read it, it will answer your questions-\nBy the way I am A christian myself and have been studying the bible daily for over 6 years-\n\nWhoever you choose to follow in life whether it is Satan or to accept Jesus Christ you are alive.\n\nIf you have not accepted Jesus and you follow the ways of the world and Satan, you are still alive physically but dead to God and condemmed. Your punishment which is death in Hell does not come until your physical death and judgement day.\n\nNow about hell-\nHell is a very real place. Jesus spoke more about hell than any other topic. Jesus made it very clear that hell is a true place with detailed descriptions.Check out a few of the following scriptures that mention hell-\nNotice the following scriptures are very descriptive. Would these decriptive words be used to describe a place of no thoughts, no emotions, no body, nothing? To be nothing is a blank, but the following scriptures identify hell as a place where you feel, think,etc.\n\nMatthew 25:41 (Jesus speaking to people at final judgment), ...Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels\n\nRevelation 14:11, And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night... \n\nRevelation 20:12, 15, And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life...And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. \n\nMatthew 10:28, And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. \n\nLuke 12:5, But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which AFTER he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. \n\nMatthew 18:8, 9 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. \n\nMatthew 25:46, And these shall go away into EVERLASTING punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. \n\nII Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with EVERLASTING destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. \n\nIsaiah 66:24, And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be abhorring unto all flesh. \n\nMark 9:44 (speaking of hell), Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. \n\nJude 7, Sodom and Gomorrha...are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. \n\nMatthew 22:13, ...Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. \n\nMatthew 13:41-42, The Son of man (Jesus) shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. \n\nRevelation 21:8, But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. \n\nPsalm 9:17, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. \n\nIsaiah 14:99-11, 15 (referring to Lucifer), Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee...all they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought do