if there wasn't hell ???
544733
No Hell!!! There goes most of the Christian arsenal to scare people into converting
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.
979635
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.
881500
...And would heaven be redundant without hell?  Same meat, different gravy.  But while it's obvious that there are different levels of good, bad, the ugly and unadulterated evil (often found in the vestry), there is apparently only one heaven and one hell - nothing inbetween.  So what happens to the atheist who goes through life devoting every spare minute to charity, but insults god by not accepting his existence?  Or the loving christian, but who has been nicking money from the church fund all his life?  Christians make one particular claim which gets right up my true grit.  'Our god is good and is responsible for everything wonderful in the world - if anything bad happens it's nothing to do with our god.'  So I guess, yeah - if it wasn't for evil, their god wouldn't have much to be smug about, would he?
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What makes you think you are going to hell?  In fact, I don't think you do believe that; my guess is you don't believe there is a heaven or hell, or a God, either.  You may or may not be right, but using these ironic questions just confuses most Christians; they try to answer something with a built-in paradox.  That's not playing fair, linguistically.
299077
I guess I would have to believe in Hell for it to be a major concern. No Bigfoot - No Hell!
1161166
This isn't hell.  Hell has no beautiful waves or green trees,  its just a place where people weave back the pain they caused here so the universe can be healed.  Very few people go there.  Until recently anyway.
509442
no one, hell doesn't exist.  It is a figment of imagination which was created to keep people in line and force them do do what their 'masters' wanted.
510150
the question is- what if there wasn't?
1062372
Now that's a good question.  If one was isolated, and never taught about Jesus, and was basically good all through life, but, never heard of Jesus, thus, not believing in Jesus, would that person go to hell?\nAnd if he would go to Heaven, does that make Jesus a liar, since he said, you must believe in the Lord in order to get to Heaven.?
394811
I would think to make hell worse, one would go to the politicians' and Evangelists' area. Nothing worse than that I bet!
345512
There is no such thing as Hell. Not as the ascribed place anyway. Hey, its great to have a religion or spirituality to make you feel good and have importance in life, but the Idea of Hell was used to just terrify people into submission in the old ages. Its just carried over through the centuries. People used to believe in Zues and Medusa and all the Greek mythology too! Well, that should give you some indication...\n\nI'm not attempting to change your belief system, because I believe everyone should have thier own, however, I would suggest doing some research and introspective thought regarding Theocracy. Ask around. Talk to people and get other views. It may open your mind and free you of the anxiety of Hell or whatever.
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Hell isn't a place, and neither is heaven.  Imagine a "god" so cruel that he would condemn people to hell forever just for not understanding or knowing him or for being misled into the "wrong" religion.\n\nOr think about it from a physical point of view.  By physics principles, the universe is slowly running down.  Hell couldn't burn forever.\n\nReligion is there to comfort people.  It shouldn't be taken literally because it has no foundation in reality.
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how fun is a place called hell!!pretty small though~i wonder where heaven is~they must be packed!
452424
Serve in Heaven.  Can you think of anything great you would be "reigning" over in hell?  I can't.  I can, however, think of some great acts of service I could do in heaven.  Especially considering there would be no sickness, no hunger, no pain, no tears. I don't think this service would be like a waitress or maid.  No dog poop and beer cans on the streets of heaven!  I think you would still be serving God by glorifying Him.  If you sing, you would be singing, etc.
670706
No one because there is no hell.  I know this because no religion teaches hell except modern Christianity.  Gnostics do not believe in hell, but instead reincarnation and rebirth.
489743
Hell isn't really discussed in Genesis, or given that much information in the Bible in general. Most of what we think of Hell comes from Dante's Inferno.