When I was 25 I could tell you why God allows suffering and how, on that final day, God will deal with those who have never heard of Jesus; and I didn't have one single
question about hell.
On
my question about hell, you absolutely refuse to stay consistent.
As I have contemplated a response, I came to realize that
your question about hell is really no different than the question of how things began: Which is right, creationism, evolution, or intelligent design?
Regarding
the question about hell, I don't have good answers to that either.
If you have
a question about hell for Jerry, leave it in the comment section.
Interesting stuff, was heavy into deliverance ministry, but now after leaving the religious churched mentality, I'm not sure there is even a person called satan... we are easily our worst enemy...
questions about hell, inerrancy, etc... also too much of «us and them» mentality.
I have
questions about hell, so I write about it.
From Michelle: I was already asking
questions about Hell and who goes there when I watched the movie Hellbound.
Not exact matches
Let me just ask one
question: Can we PLEASE start the debate in the country
about how «God», «
Hell», «Heaven», «Satan», «Muhammad», «Jesus», «Angels» «Ghosts» «Demons» and «Spirits of the Dead and or / Nature / Mother Earth» do not exist in any rational form as the way they are presented throughout world history?
you can ask
questions all you want, test it as much as you like but only you can decide to believe.I have studied
hell, read my books
about, went to different websites and searched the bible, for a Christian to fear
hell is not possible.For one Christ himself said he is the only way to the father.So I think the fear of
hell comes from guilt or their power freaks.
But my
question is this, if being gay isn't
about sex, then a «gay» couple would have no problem abstaining from any sexual act and just love the
hell out of each other.
But my
question is this, if being straight isn't
about sex, then a «straight» couple would have no problem abstaining from any sexual act and just love the
hell out of each other.
Someone asked the
question about what we should do if someone asks us if their relative who just died is in
hell.
The boys» paternal grandparents have both died in the last 18 months, and, as a result, I've fielded dozens of
questions about illness, dying, death, God, Heaven and
Hell — most of which I can't answer.
This person had no idea how much
hell I've taken from people in my evangelical community for writing
about my doubts, my
questions related to heaven and
hell, my views on biblical interpretation and theology, and my support for women in ministry and other marginalized people in the Church.
Now, as for your
questions,
about people before Christ... No, they did not all go to
Hell.
Anytime I
questioned the idea of God damning the majority of the human population to
hell, I was told that this subject was not negotiable, that God picks and chooses who He wants to save and we can't do anything
about it.
The injustice of the situation was troublesome enough, but when my friends insisted that Zarmina went to
hell because she was a Muslim, I began wrestling with some serious
questions about heaven,
hell, predestination, free will, God's goodness, and religious pluralism.
Those who
questioned too deeply or sometimes at all (just THINK
about raising your hand during a sermon) were frequently labeled as doubters, which would mean auto -
hell upon death.
Or to directly link the two words from your
question that everyone's eyes immediately darted to («election» and «
hell»), election is
about saving people from
hell.
What sort of
questions have you been asking
about heaven and
hell?
Yesterday, Edward Fudge responded to your
questions about conditionalism (sometimes called annihilationism)-- the view that immortality is conditional upon belief in Jesus Christ, so the unsaved will ultimately be destroyed and cease to exist rather than suffer eternally in
hell.
I was asking good
questions, worthy
questions —
about creation, science, biblical interpretation, gender, religious pluralism, heaven and
hell — but I was angry with those not asking these
questions along with me; I wanted to force them into my season.
Actually I was
questioning buckyball's whole bit
about the whole concept of
hell as being only derived from the Hellenistic concept... DUH...
We must dance around the hard
questions about the foundations of our faith; and we must add a dash of the fear of
hell every now and then to hypnotize the superstitious.»
Actually I was
questioning buckyball's whole bit
about the whole concept of
hell as being only derived from the Hellenistic concept.
For example, on page 73, after writing some challenging ideas
about heaven,
hell, and life here on earth, he raises
questions about the kingdom of God and the afterlife:
What prompted some of Dark's
questioning (and much of mine) was what he calls the «Uncle Ben» view of God — the view that God is an angry and controlling being who does not tolerate
questions or curiosity or nonconformity, the view that God consigns most of humanity to eternal torment in
hell for believing the wrong things
about him, and the view that it is the duty of his followers to ignore their doubts and embrace him without
question.
What is perhaps most frustrating
about engaging in such conversations within the evangelical community in particular, however, is that differences regarding things like Calvinism and Arminianism, baptism, heaven and
hell, gender roles, homosexuality, and atonement theories often disintegrate into harsh accusations in which we
question one another's commitment to Scripture.
Earlier this month, Edward Fudge responded to your
questions about conditionalism (sometimes called annihilationism)-- the view that immortality is conditional upon belief in Jesus Christ, so the unsaved will ultimately be destroyed and cease to exist rather than suffer eternally in
hell.
But after the publication of the book Love Wins, which also
questions traditional teachings
about hell, he, too, drew widespread denouncement from major Christian leaders.
In the OT, there was no
hell, in fact, the afterlife was a big
question mark in the OT that no one really worried
about because their legends talked of god kicking their ass in the real world for not obeying.
Rumbling beneath all of the evangelical debates
about sovereignty, science, heaven, and
hell are some serious
questions about the Bible.
its so amazing there people is this world are so caught up in living for themselves, what if the rapture happened while reading my text, what then, will you stil care what clothes you are wearing or what what car you are driving,, while GOD is removed from this earth, and now society will have to make a real decision if they want to contine to live in sin or realize they now understand the truth and the warnings given before, but now bc of the anti christ have to denounce GOD (take the mark of the beast) or be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story
about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC
HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG
QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIRE?
I worry
about turning the Bible into a children's story book,
about helping the tinies to engage with Scripture and wrestle and ask
questions, and then I can't bring myself to read
about Abraham's near - sacrifice of his son, Issac, on the mountain, no part of me could ever understand that obedience, I admit, I'd probably go to
hell before I'd raise a hand to hurt my child, I don't understand it at all.
And... I can think of many reasons why certain group of people might not be here, (a ssuming for the moment that your
question is accurate), How
about... why would «gays» want to be on a belief blog where there are Christians who constantly claim they are an abomination and going to burn in
hell, and they are not worthy of God's love, unless they «change their sinning ways.»
Or why you would want people to believe what you did or
question their own beliefs if you're not concerned
about saving them from
hell.
Earlier this week, Edward Fudge responded to your
questions about conditionalism (sometimes called annihilationism)-- the view that immortality is conditional upon belief in Jesus Christ, so the unsaved will ultimately be destroyed and cease to exist rather than suffer eternally in
hell.
I think my
questions were more to see if, by your answers, I could show you that, if I am a nice person, as nice as most Christians, and if you aren't really sure
about hell, sin, all the bad stuff in the bible, and if the only difference between me and you is evident when someone asks us if we are a Christian,... then why would you,... (I am putting words in your mouth, forgive me) why would you want me, or anyone, to become a Christian, if that Christianity did not offer a real beneficial difference between you, a Christian, and me, a non christian?
In 2011, after the release of the book, Bell — who was the pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church near Grand Rapids, Mich. — received criticism for
questioning the existence of
hell and presumptions
about the afterlife.
My experiences with raising
questions about religious pluralism, heaven and
hell, biblical inerrancy, and the creation account have not been pleasant ones to say the least.
never waste CAPITAL LETTERS on an article
about Chambers at this juncture... I still can't believe that no one from management has ever explained why such a frugal club spent so much money on him in the first place... we haggle for months and years with clubs for players who could have a monumental impact on the very future of our club but somehow we found $ 16 million for someone who couldn't regularly crack a Southampton lineup (very fishy)... don't get me wrong, I like what he showed at times last season in Middlesbourogh but from the handful of games I watched him play I still have some serious
questions about his consistency as a back - line player in the EPL; as such he should prove himself on loan for another season, making sure that he goes to a team that wants him in the starting 11... bottom line, let's not get bogged down with the semantics of peripheral players and focus on the real task at hand = figure out who the
hell is going to be our starting 11 for the foreseeable future, which means getting contracts signed, getting rid of a lot of deadwood and bringing in talented players into the positions which truly need upgrading... the rest is just unnecessary noise
I think Greg did a wonderful, open - minded, genuine thing and I respect the
hell out of the fact that he kept coming back to this blog, updating people as to the progress of the event, taking
questions to pass along, being open to having information
about Nestle's actions provided to him in order to educate him because he was open to being educated, and even taking more than his share of condescension directly or indirectly from people on the previous thread
about things as irrelevant as his sense of humour.
We're just proud as
hell to be one of the first to provide this information in a way that actually allows the average voter to sort of «meet» their candidates and hear them give their take on actual
questions about issues relevant to them — especially since these days, people get more and more of their information online.
While the mayor deflected
questions about his views on Cuomo's opponent, tea partier Carl Paladino, he did say that, «anger is not a governing strategy,» an apparent allusion to the Republican nominee's bombastic style and his campaign slogan, «mad as
hell.»
And I reckon he said this, not because the practice is ungentlemanly, but because it makes the answer to the practical
question, «What the
hell do we do
about this, then?»
And while the answers to the three
questions above are yes (think
about it, a baby comes out of there), yes, and
hell yeah, there are a few things to know before you hit the sheets with a well - endowed dude.
One minute you're talking
about how far away it is, and the next moment you're in the throes of it all and every year I ask myself the same
question: what the
hell do I wear?
The
question I hate the most is «tell me
about yourself» not only is it vague as
hell but it is just so lazy.
if you didn't have brain witty guy, I'm not hiding or any
hell questions about myself..