Burning in Hell
 

The idea popped into my mind from a comment on another thread.


And then there's this ongoing tendency for people to talk their religion here. So, let's try this:

Should I be destined for Hell, I shall burn according to what people say. I leave the current world as a soul, no tangibles, nothing physical. How am I supposed to feel any discomfort with no body? how am I supposed to see anything alarming?

No, I'm serious. People like Witnesses portray heaven as souls fluttering around in paradise with all the animals getting along; no one eating anyone else. The opposite has to be what they think of for heathens.

Explain to me the pain and sorrow I will suffer if I don't make it.

Oh, and I guess I get to leave all this grease under my fingernails behind either way. How can it be all that bad? :D

There is no hell. It's a myth perpetuated by British/Italian/Japanese/American car owners.

how do you know PPOT isn't hell?

Hell is the absence of God.

Then obviously, what we call reality is "hell" because god is absent from it, also.

I am religious but I strongly believe its not my place to judge anyone. My grandfather wore a star of David an Italian Horn and a Cross all on the same chain around his neck, when asked why he said he was covering all the bases.

No truer words could be uttered, everyone that believes in god thinks they have the "correct religion" but who knows 100%? Every one of them be it a Mormon, JW, Jew, Catholic, Buddhist or any other religion think they are correct and the others wrong.

Your idea of what a JW believes, BTW, is WAY off. Maybe if your truly curious about someones belief, instead of an e-fight on a internets forum, PM someone you know is of that faith and ask an honest question.

It all boils down to what YOU are comfortable with, some are happy not believing in god others are hard core into religion still others are casual about it.

Its your choice, thats why we have free will.

"Hell" backwards is "Lleh".

GWB hates hell.

Hey Jim, wait a minute, I did not mean to offend or misinterpret what a JW might believe. I worked several weeks on a job with a JW and listened to him and his thoughts on the subject very closely. I have had encounters with others and read some of the literature that included images of what I described above. If I am way off base, then it wasn't me alone that got me there.

"Explain to me the pain and sorrow I will suffer if I don't make it."
Perhaps something like nightmares.
Jim

Sounds like someone is going to HELL!!!:D

Actually Buddhists don't think "they are correct and the others wrong."

You must have that confused with Christianity or Islam ;)

Careful, folks, he's watching!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1209139951.jpg

It is very refreshing to see someone who takes religion seriously is also willing to concede that that no one knows for 100%. The blind faith that is propagated by some many religions (especially the Catholics, to whom I technically belong) is extremely frustrating, to the point that I have more or less completely turned away organized religion. The final straw for me was when our church asked anyone visiting that day who was not a member of the church to refrain from taking communion. That seemed very counter-intuitive and I attempted to get up and leave but my parents would not let me.

If that's the case I can send you to a dozen web sites that qualify!

The concepts of heaven and hell are about as stupid as any ideas i've ever heard in my life. It amazes me that any intelligent person could take either seriously for even .1 seconds.

Religion is wery bad methinx.

Mul was banned and now it's heaven :)

I saw this at the bottom of the page. What are the odds?

http://www.1001funquizzes.com/heaven-or-hell?gatherer_id=100332&gclid=CPXCgcHP9pICFSEYagod 6VcZGw

It's a sign from Xenu.

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/clearwat...u981205072.gif

Not all Pastors are the same, Our Priest once said to me about receiving communion, "We receive communion not because we deserve it but because we need it" Thats why we say as a community before communion, "Lord I am not worth to receive You, but only say the word and I shall be healed."

what oil would one run in hell ? I'm thinking 10-50 wouldn't be heavy enough??

I was raised a JW and I am not a total expert but here is goes as simple as possible, for my sake.

Adam and Eve were created along with a small paradise on earth. It was Gods intension for them to reproduce, and expand paradise throughout the earth.

Satan turned Adam and Eve causing them to sin, God handed over the Earth to Satan until a time when God will take it back and begin to restore paradise again and wife out death pain and suffering.

Through Christs sacrifice God gave man this hope. JW's do not believe they are going to heaven, but they do believe in heaven, a small group of the faithful will join God in heaven and help to rule mankind taking on an angelic form. 144,000 is the number the bible gives us.

The rest, called the great crowd, will be from all walks of life, no matter the religion, or if they believe in god. All will be forgiven and a second chance, per say, will be given.

For 1000 years God will resurrect the dead and restore the Earth to a Paradise once again, death will be no more. Man will live in a paradise as God initially intended.

Once the 1000 years is up Satan, who God had but into a Abyss will be released and set to roam the earth. At this time any who turn on god will be destroyed, no more chances.

Details like what food will be eaten, reproduction, and (most important to me) attire or lack thereof is not very clear and any guess would be a guess

That is sort of it in a nutshell.

Each person gets from their respective religion something different. I get that we are not here to judge, to say my religion is 100% perfect would be wrong, its run by men, they are not perfect and they make mistakes. Our religion has made "adjustments" over the years that I have been associated with it. Some were huge changes or mistakes but at least they are honest enough to say, Hey we messed up here and this is the corrected interpretation.



I was not offended at all, I was just pointing out that your statement was pretty off, I knew you did not mean it in a malicious fashion.

Todd, I will admit I know nothing about Buddhists and their teaching. My apologies for lumping them in with those Christians. :D

So true.

And, if you had the misfortune of being born in the wrong geographic place (since that is around a 90% determinant of what you will believe re religion), and you therefore believe in the wrong god, you will, in the words of Homer, just make the right god even madder.

The odds must be a million to 1 that something so purely coincidental could happen! It's a miracle!

while I'm trying hard not to wind up there,

Hell for me..well I'm driving a Mini-van , no A/C, full of Fat women who are hitting on me..
?, how do I kill myself if I'm dead.
Van doors are welded,windows won't come down..

Rika

Check back to this thread after the election. Regardless of the winner, many will say we are in hell.

The Morman's say that earth is hell. If your a good Morman you go on to a better place. If your not you stay here, forever.

Least thats what I understand.

/Not a Morman
// not trying to talk for them.

a miracle or google ads. Same difference.

Google = God?

In my religion (and don´t you dare dismiss it!), I end up with virgin twins, sunny weather, free beer and a brand new Porsche GT3 in a grand villa right next to the Ring.

Anyone want to join my religion?

I'm in!

The JW belief thing is hilarious. Makes the Catholic faith thing almost less unbelievable.
Guess I'm going somewhere warm, for the big dirt nap.

Wow, another religion bashing thread. Hard to believe its been over 3 days since the last one.

Milt don't ask stupid questions...by reading the bible and praying about it all your questions will be answered.

thus spake satan

I hear St. Petersburg is beautiful this time of year.

No.
It's evolution.

:eek:

My summary was very brief and leaves out lots of detail and paints broads strokes but thats the gist of it.

I do not know why you find it so funny, God intended man to live in paradise on earth, it was derailed by Satan and the issue of Universal Sovereignty came into play. Satan challenged god and God being just has let Satan prove his point, that he can turn the entire world away from god and there will be no faithful left.

As long as there are people worshiping god there is hope for the earth.

Its up to God when to end this then we will go back to what was initially intended for man, to live in a paradise on earth forever.

Is it so unbelievable? According to the bible Adam and Eve were perfect and living in paradise before they sinned. Why would that plan be abandoned completely?

I do not like religious debate especially online where people that are normally polite are rude. We can agree to disagree but to dismiss someones beliefs as comical is kind of insulting. I wouldn't tell a Buddhist or Mormon that nor would I tell a Catholic that. I like to live by the golden rule.

Milt - You are asking a question about hell, Mt answer is I do not believe in Hell, or anyplace where your soul goes to suffer. I answered your question. You mentioned JW's in your initial post so I told you what JW's believe.

No one suffers, everyone is resurrected and given a second chance, no matter who they are. If you ask me if Hitler would be given a second chance I would answer its not for me to decide its up to God. I can only control my own destiny, and hope I may be able to influence (notice I did not say MAKE) others to do the same. Lead by example.

The educated elite must remind you on a regular basis how stupid you are, and how smart they are.

Didn't you know man?