Is Mother Theresa burning in hell?
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I am a protestant, I don't think Roman Catholics are heritics and my church (the four Cs movement within Congregationalism) would not say Catholics are bound for hell I also believe that the good works done by her were done through the power of the holy spirit-- I'm positive she is rejoicing in heaven with Jesus\n\nI have asked a similar question about Ghandi however-- he was a devout hindu but a really good man, where is he today? I don't know and it concerns me
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Isn't there enough evidence of hell on earth?\n\nPoverty, mental illness, etc.?
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Hi, there is no real description of Hell in holy scripture beyond that of a place of fiery torment, strangely though there exists a remarkable similarity between Dante`s description and another description that 3 Portuguese children reportedly had in the village of Fatima in 1917, and these children lived in the isolated serra mountains and were illiterate.\nif as suspected that Dante`s experience of Hell was an authentic vision experience then this two events are quite similar indeed.
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This is a Roman Catholic teaching which has changed over the years .  They used to teach this more prominantly than they do now.\n\nChristians do not believe it is possible for a person who is incapable of Hearing the Word, Believing the Word, Repenting of sin, Confessing the name of Jesus as Lord and Saviour, being immersed for the remission of sins, (and then walking faithfully) will go to hell.  Hell (Tartarus) is reserved for willful sinners.  Babies, innocents, or the mentally challenged cannot do these things.  God would be unjust if He held them to these commands.
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IT DOESNT MEAN THE SAME THING.. BEING ON FIRE FOR JESUS IS TO WORSHIP HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US.. TO BE ON FIRE IN HELL IS TO BE IN FOREVER TORMENT FOR OUR SINS IF WE DONT HAVE REMORSE FOR OUR PAST SINS.. THE CAN WE GO TO HEAVEN...
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US Catholic Magazine writes:  “There are in fact so many strong biblical, doctrinal, and logical argument against the existence of a literal “hell” that this question naturally arises. Why do the churches teach it and why do people often believe it.” -  Robert Short, Methodist clergyman, U.S. Catholic magazine, April 1980 pp. 37-40\nConcerning this use of “hell” to translate these original words from the Hebrew and Greek, Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (1981, Vol. 2, p. 187) says: “HADES . . . It corresponds to ‘Sheol’ in the O.T. [Old Testament]. In the A.V. of the O.T. [Old Testament] and N.T. [New Testament], it has been unhappily rendered ‘Hell.’”\n\nWebster’s Third New International Dictionary, unabridged, under “Hell” says: “fr[om] . . . helan to conceal.” The word “hell” thus originally conveyed no thought of heat or torment but simply of a ‘covered over or concealed place.’ \n\n In the century after Luther, the English Bible that was authorized by King James I of England, in 1611 C.E., translated Sheol as “the grave.” The Hebrews, the Jews themselves, ought to know what their own word Sheol means; and so the English Bible translation by the Jewish Publication Society of America translates the word as “the grave.” (1917 C.E.) And so too does the English translation by the Jewish rabbi, Isaac Leeser. (1853 C.E.) Note, however, that Sheol does not mean “a grave.” It means “the grave,” that is, the common grave of all dead mankind. Once we understand this fact about the “hell” as taught in the Holy Bible, it helps us to understand the situation as to dead mankind.\n\n“Hellfire” has been a basic teaching in Christendom for many centuries. It is understandable why The Encyclopedia Americana (1956, Vol. XIV, p. 81) said: “Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades and Gehenna by the word hell. The simple transliteration of these words by the translators of the revised editions of the Bible has not sufficed to appreciably clear up this confusion and misconception.” \n\nIn ancient Babylonian and Assyrian beliefs the “nether world . . . is pictured as a place full of horrors, and is presided over by gods and demons of great strength and fierceness.” (The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Boston, 1898, Morris Jastrow, Jr., p. 581) \nEarly evidence of the fiery aspect of Christendom’s hell is found in the religion of ancient Egypt. (The Book of the Dead, New Hyde Park, N.Y., 1960, with introduction by E. A. Wallis Budge, pp. 144, 149, 151, 153, 161) \n\nBuddhism, which dates back to the 6th century B.C.E., in time came to feature both hot and cold hells. (The Encyclopedia Americana, 1977, Vol. 14, p. 68) \nDepictions of hell portrayed in Catholic churches in Italy have been traced to Etruscan roots.—La civiltà etrusca (Milan, 1979), Werner Keller, p. 389.
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Another fine example of how Christianity and Christian parents can wreak havoc in their children and completely ruin their mental health. I am completely DIGUSTED by your mother.\n\nNo you will not go to hell, don't let your mother brainwash you like this. It's perfectly natural to have an erection, it's part of a healthy body well alive.
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Mother Theresa most unselfish woman in history.
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I don't think anyone wants to go.  But there are many bound for its gates.  I think this is from a total lack of true understanding of what hell is.  Imagine being totally cut off and separated for eternity anu hope, joy, love, happiness, comfort, peace, and harmony.  Imagine instead being locked into the anithesis of these things, being totally given over to our darkest and most detesteable desires and tendencies.  This is hell.\n\nBTW- there is no reigning in hell.  Wherever you go;heaven or hell, you will serve a master.  Choose wisely.
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Scriptureman says:\n\nPsa 9:17  The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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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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Just putting the words "Without provocation" does not make it less provocative.\n\nIf there is indeed a place called "hell", it belongs to people like the Nazis, no matter how Christian they are.
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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.
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The eighth circle of hell?
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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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well i don't believe in hell so i'll use a similar question.\nIf a man kidnapped your brother and sister and abducted your mother grandmother and father, and they were being tortured and he said that if you take their place, they'll all go live in florida in a huge house with free food. Would you do it?\n\nMy answer:yes
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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!!!!!!