a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife
Questions tagged [hell]
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What exactly IS Hell?
I'm not disputing that Hell exists, what I want to know is WHAT IS HELL?
In my opinion there are only two possible answers, but you might inform me of something else. Many people have argued that evil is the absence of God, hell must be evil, thus…
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If God is omnipresent, is he also in hell?
Using the 'separation from God' concept of hell - how can God be in all places yet still place a soul into a chasm of separation.
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Which is hell: punishment, or revenge?
Let me first explain my understanding of these words (punishment & revenge):
Punishment is typically when you do something to one person to make things better for society, or for that person. It is either something unpleasant, so that the person…
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Are there any denominations that teach a Hell that is not a place?
To be more specific (and also more broad), are there any major groups within Christianity that consider Hell not to be a specific place, but rather a specific state of being?
I expect the list to be short, so this shouldn't be a bad list question.
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Harrowing of Hell
From the Apostle's Creed we know that Jesus descended to Hell.
Dante's Inferno also mentioned how Hell might look like.
What kind of Hell was it that Jesus went to?
Was it,
Mark 9:48
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‘the worms that eat them do not die,
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What is the source of the idea that there will be a window in heaven to watch your enemies burn in hell?
Is it Catholicism? Or conservatives that believe this? It might be from Dante’s Inferno or something. Not specifically mentioned in the Bible. There is the story of Lazarus and the rich man in hell but it doesn’t talk about a window.
IIRC the idea…
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Why did God create the idea of opposites?
While I was finding out more about God, the ubiquitous question- did God create Hell? - often turned up. And many answers I have read mentioned that Hell was an inevitability due to the existence of Heaven; this is often paralleled by how darkness…
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Torment of Unbelievers vs those who take the Mark of the Beast
Revelation 11:10-11
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the…
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What is the place where Jesus went after death?
After Jesus died, he went to the place of the Dead.
1 Peter 8:19-20
19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while…
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Does a Christian have to believe in Hell?
I do remember I've read somewhere that modern Christians are no longer required to believe in Hell. Like, it's optional. I've now googled but no such info appeared again. Therefore asking knowlegeable people here - which Church document says the…
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What does "to appeal from the Hell" mean?
I'm new on this site of Stack Exhcange. As a non-native speaker, I've been asking questions on ELL and ELU. However, I thought this might be related with religion (in this case, of course, Christianity) rather than language.
The following passage is…
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What's the justification of eternal torture in hell?
Most of the world ratified the United Nations Convention against Torture.
Can the belief in hell be justified against the Convention in those countries?
The punishment is to encourage and enforce proper behavior (not eternal) or to protect potential…
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Is there any scriptual proof of annihilation?
The Greek word aionion is translated everlasting. It is used to describe heaven and hell in Matthew 25:46. In Luke 16:22-28 there's a rich man in hell. Christ spoke of people in hell, Matthew 8:12; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30. How could a person suffer…
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