if you don't believe in Hell, then what do you think of this?
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I think it's an interesting picture. \n\nHey, what do YOU think of this? http://surgery-graphics.med.umich.edu/~matt/archives/images/Ladybug.jpg
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Hell doesn't exist as most peole think of it.  \n\nHell is GOING to happen. It isn't happening now.  It can't be because God is just and fair.  Why would he burn Cain--for slugging his brother and killing him--for 6,000 years longer than Hitler--who tortured and killed millions of people?  God wouldn't do that.  He says he will come and in Thessalonians he says "the dead in Christ shall rise first, and then those which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with Him in the clouds and so shall we ever be with the Lord."  So there IS a resurrection. And He says "the judgement shall set..." so the judgement will happen at the end of time. "Then shall the wicked be BURNED UP like stubble."  \nAlso, if people were going to burn forever it wouldn't say they go to everlasting 'punishment' (as in the RESULT of their being punished is forever), it would say they go to everlasting 'punishing.' And it doesn't. And the Bible wouldn't say, "From dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return." \nSin cannot exist in God's presence and will be zapped by the brightness of His coming--at the resurrection. So hell is for the people who love sin and hold on to it. People who must hold on to sin will get zapped, too: Natural result. But Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." So those who love Him won't be holding onto sin and won't get zapped.\n\nAlso if people were burning in Hell forever, people would live forever, and the Bible says, "The soul that sinneth. It shall die."  You can't be dead and alive (in hell or anywhere else) at the same time, can you?\n\nSo now that you've had a little enlightenment on what hell is and isn't:  I'd run it just like that. Cuz God never makes mistakes.
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We have to trust in God. He knows what He's doing, even if His reasons are not immediately obvious to us.\n\nHopefully, hell exists, and all the evil people will go there after death to pay for all their crimes, while good people will be rewarded in heaven.
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I really do believe it is just a state of mind. If there is a hell, I can't imagine that there are really red devils with horns and pointy little sticks. If there is a heaven, I don't think it is some "golden city" in the sky...I have a feeling (note it is just my instinct, no biblical or other religious portrayal) that when we die, we are connected to a new form of life that will possibly be more vivid and advanced than our present form. I believe it will be our "higher self" and we will have more capabilities than we can possibly imagine here on Earth. But, who really knows....
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I am a Christian and believe in Heaven as well as Hell.\nBut I am not in fear of Hell..Jesus made a way for me and for everyone else so they wouldn't have to go to a place called hell.\n\nI am so very thankful for His sacrifice for my sins.
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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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Hmmm. Hi. Perhaps my perception on things hasn't been explained clearly enough. I apologize for that. Here is, in short, what I do and don't believe:\n\nThere is no such thing as a god. To me, the concept of the existence of a deity (besides being unproved and absurd) is just that- a concept. And a misleading one, at that. To me, it's a lie.\n\nI do not worship the christian devil. Hell, I do not even believe in it! To me, Satan is a reflection of humanity. You are your own god, and are free to accept it or not. Satan is not an entity, it's a force, it's in us. It's our vital force.\n\nHave fun, and be tolerant.\n\nBy the way, when I say Satan's spawn, it doesn't mean I believe I am the child of your devil, it means I am the Satan, as it is in me. It's sometimes also meant to shock. Depends.\n\nHappy, now?
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No, I am not scared at all. I believe in Hell, but I know I will go to Heaven. I am a Christian and will always follow Jesus Christ. As long has I keep on doing what I am doing, I will go to Heaven. On judgement day, you will realize that there was a Hell and you will regret not believing in it. You better think about believing in Heaven, Hell, and Jesus Christ.
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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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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.
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I guess I would have to believe in Hell for it to be a major concern. No Bigfoot - No Hell!
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The way i look at it there are people out there that say why believe in something that couldn't be true? i say why shouldn't you? some people will go thier whole life not believing to find out GOD IS REAL and then spend eternal life in hell. or they could simply have the belief in Him and when they die IF He wasn't real what did they lose? nothing. but he is there and there is an eternal wonderful life that is so perfect. so the people who don't beleive come out as a loss
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No,just like people who were raised with a different religion throughout their childhood doesn't go to hell.There is no hell.Everything that we are is the way God intended it to be;If it wasn't,it wouldn't be.Man made the concepts of good and bad,not God.In reality nothing is really good or bad,it's our thoughts that make them so.
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do we really know if hell exists?
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hell is just a made believe place...\n(made believed by the church, so you would obey it and give it your money, ofcourse they had to make it sound horrible).\n\nwhat red guy? santa?\n(just kidding, there is no devil either)
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There is no hell.  Hell is a fabrication of the Church to scare people into subscribing to their religion.  Let go of the fear, and live your life in a good, meaningful and compassionate way.  Leave the Christians to their Hell.
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I consider myself Christian, born and raised. My family has never been strict about it though. I don't believe that non-believers will go to hell. I do however believe that if you KILL, rape, or lead a life without morals, that you will suffer in your own hell that you caused others.