What do you believe 'hell' actually is?

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What do you believe 'hell' actually is?

  • I believe hell is literally eternal torture for all unsaved souls

    Votes: 9 56.3%
  • I believe hell is torture for the wicked but not as bad for good people

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I believe hell is a separation from god but not torture

    Votes: 3 18.8%
  • I believe in annihilation (unsaved souls are simply eliminated, no torture)

    Votes: 3 18.8%
  • Other (I'd appreciate an explanation!)

    Votes: 1 6.3%
  • I am unsure what to believe

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    16
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angelos

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you sure are in the middle of things laylie :)
 

pickles

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I see Laylie that you have been banned.
I had hoped to have one more conversation with you.
I hope you will read this.
You speak to( if) alot in discussion.
So I shall speak in an (if) thought conversation here.
You speak to no longer being a christain.
But what( if?) you are decieved?
Your siggy says do no harm, to love, yet,( if ) you are decived, and willingly promote this deception, your words of rejecting God are doing great harm to any that you share this belief with.
(In if) ? How many will your words bring to destruction, the loss of the perfect love of Jesus?
I know that you want to seek truth and love, and that you have entered into a time of understanding and enlightenment in education.
But have you considered or even thought about how many that have sought to help you renew faith in Jesus, that they as well have known and believed as you do now?
Are you so compelled by this enlightened mind that you believe that others here have no clue to the understanding and learning you yourself have right now?
Im certain many here have thought just as you do now, having listened to their professors speak to knowladge and awareness in the world.
Also because of compassion, struggled with what is God?
I hope you will read this and keep in mind that many thought just as you do now, and they praise God that they saw the truth in Jesus .
I am witnessing to you in hope that you will remember that many, even myself was in this place of thought at one time.
You speak to love and understanding, but I seen your words become filled more with pride and a condisending attitude more each time you post.
I do not speak to this to say you are this way, only in hope that your eyes will be opened to the distructive path you are on and how it is changing your presance .
In Jesus Im fighting tears right now, simply because it breaks my heart to see that you might lose the perfect love and life that is yours in Jesus.
There really is no if in Jesus, He trully is!
You may for now see all said here as foolish, but I will pray for you everyday in Jesus, that one day soon, your eyes and heart will again look to Jesus.
I witness in Jesus with hope that the presious seed of faith will be remembered, and again grow in your heart.
Im sorry that you will not be able to respond to this post, but I pray that Jesus will remain in your thoughts, and that when Jesus calls to you, you will respond to Him.
You are in my daily prayers in Jesus this day forward, as I believe that Jesus will remain in your heart , and that you will believe and love Him again!
I ask all others here to pray for Laylie to believe again, in agreement in Jesus Christ is Lord!

In Jesus, God bless,
pickles
 
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Jullianna

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Praying in agreement with you, pickles. Have had the same thing on my heart as I've read through so many threads this morning.
 
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Livn4Him

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Even though I tried, I just cannot believe in a hell. Maybe it's just a lack of wisdom or faith, but I just can't believe a loving God can send people to hell just because they didn't believe in something that happened 2000 years ago.
imo; it's not because they don't believe in [something] that happened [over] 2000 years that will send them to their reward. It is because they chose to ignore The God of the universe's multiple acts of enlightenment. (Romans 2) He proves Himself to us time after time, day after day, yet some refuse to humble themselves before the Sovereign God Who is not only Just in what He does allows to happen, He is Holy in ALL that He does. And they choose to ignore that.
Refusing to acknowledge His Son, The Lord Jesus Christ, is the ultimate rejection. God's "Final Answere", if you please. And if they reject Him then they must remain in their seperated state from Him; for He is Holy indeed!!!
Donald Trump can hand a signed/blank check over to a homeless, poverty stricken man to help him get out of his current situation and live a better life, but would it be Trumps fault if the man never filled it out and took it to the bank? The very same thing applies here.
Hell/Hades was not created for humans/souls. It ws created for those that had rebelled against Him in the beginning. Way before the beginning. However, if we rebel against God and reject His forgiveness, He has no choice but to allow that person to go there.
What is scary, is that you don't believe in it. Because imo; when you share the gospel, you're oly telling them hlf the truth. That's scary bud....
Sorry to be so blunt, but it's true. And in truth, it's not right that you don't tell people the WHOLE truth. Because ou will,along with all others who do the same; will be held accountable.
Let me ask you; have you ever asked The Lord to open your eyes that you may behold the wonderous truths out if His law relating to eternal damnation?
 
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i am no longer under the impression that Hell is the Lake of Fire... i find it impossible for it to be the Lake of Fire because of Revelation 20:14

having said that, I still believe in hell... just not the modern evangelical interpretation of it
 
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Livn4Him

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I have lived without God in this current life, and I have to say that that has been hell enough for me....
In our sunday school class today, the teacher said:" Life without God is hell...." and I thought of this topic. How true that is! Can you imagine how life will be once we pass from this life to the next without having received His forgiveness? Oh wow!!!
Imgine, we dedspair even of life here on earth at times, and that is what leads us to cry out to Him. Think of how much torment we're going to be under when we have no hope for ever getting delivered; and know it deep down with in our hearts and souls....
 
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angelos

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I have lived without God in this current life, and I have to say that that has been hell enough for me....
In our sunday school class today, the teacher said:" Life without God is hell...." and I thought of this topic. How true that is! Can you imagine how life will be once we pass from this life to the next without having received His forgiveness? Oh wow!!!
Imgine, we dedspair even of life here on earth at times, and that is what leads us to cry out to Him. Think of how much torment we're going to be under when we have no hope for ever getting delivered; and know it deep down with in our hearts and souls....
the outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. The punishment inflicted upon the sinners. We had a picture of what hell will be like in Luke 16. now while that is a parable it is used to highlight a spiritual truth that there will be a punishment for those who sinned and did not come to God that being much more than the absence of his presence for if it was just the absence of his presence the sinner who is at war with God would care very little. Life without God is sad but it is not hell.
 
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Livn4Him

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Angelos, I know what you mean, but can you 'get' where I'm going with my statement?
 
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angelos

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Angelos, I know what you mean, but can you 'get' where I'm going with my statement?
honestly I can't because no one is going to say their life is a hell when things are "going great" for them in America. I know what you are trying to say but I don't think anyone will realize how bad their life really is until they know Jesus.
 
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Livn4Him

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honestly I can't because no one is going to say their life is a hell when things are "going great" for them in America. I know what you are trying to say but I don't think anyone will realize how bad their life really is until they know Jesus.
That is my whole point...we have a tendency to lie to ourselves and let every one think that we're okay. But deep down inside, we [truthfully] know that is not the case,,hence the drinking, drugging, sexual promesuity. Regardless of what nation you're in.