If you swear to God and it's a lie, do you go to Hell?

Page 1 of 2 [ 32 posts ] Go to page 1, 2 Next

TheNet
Butterfly

Joined: 20 May 2024
Gender: Male
Posts: 14

21 May 2024, 7:11 am

Is it true that if you swear something to God and it's not true that you automatically go to Hell no matter what? I have heard people say that this is the case.

ToughDiamond
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Sep 2008
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Posts: 11,643

21 May 2024, 8:28 am

I'm even more convinced that there is no hell than I'm convinced that there's no heaven, and that's saying something, so naturally my strong opinion is that you wouldn't go to hell. Even among the various theological traditions, few if any would answer yes to your question, and AFAIK there's nothing in scripture to support the idea either, in fact generally speaking the religionists think that as long as you apologised humbly and sincerely to the deity you'd be forgiven. Where did you get your idea from?

DuckHairback
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 27 Jan 2021
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,525
Location: Dorset

21 May 2024, 9:44 am

Well, I don't really believe in God, or hell, or things being true or false, or what unspecified people say about those things being true or false, so I'm going to say...maybe.

_________________
Error establishing a database connection...

roronoa79
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 22 Jan 2012
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,266
Location: Indiana

21 May 2024, 11:03 am

I'm not a theologist, but I'm pretty sure God doesn't have a 1-strike-youre-out policy on damnation.

Hell, there's examples in the Bible of people lying to God Himself, and I bet there's not many people who would argue that eg: Sarah should be in Hell for lying about laughing at God's statement that she would bear a child in her old age.

Christians venerate people who did any number of morally-questionable things in the Bible. God's not going to trap you in the eternal burning torture dimension for using His name to help sell one fib.

_________________
Diagnoses: AS, Depression, General & Social Anxiety
I guess I just wasn't made for these times.
- Brian Wilson

Δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν.
Those with power do what their power permits, and the weak can only acquiesce.
- Thucydides

babybird
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 65,536
Location: UK

21 May 2024, 12:34 pm

I swore a lie on someone's life once

I was on drugs at the time so I get mitigating circumstances

_________________
We have existence

TwilightPrincess
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 28 Sep 2016
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 22,622
Location: Hell

21 May 2024, 12:57 pm

All the fun stuff happens in Hell.

_________________
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. – Satan and TwilightPrincess

TheNet
Butterfly

Joined: 20 May 2024
Gender: Male
Posts: 14

21 May 2024, 1:20 pm

babybird wrote:

I swore a lie on someone's life once

I was on drugs at the time so I get mitigating circumstances

Yes that sounds worse than swearing to God with a lie.

BillyTree
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 7 Oct 2023
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 513

21 May 2024, 1:31 pm

TheNet wrote:

Is it true that if you swear something to God and it's not true that you automatically go to Hell no matter what? I have heard people say that this is the case.

How do they know? Only way to find out is to have some balls and try and see what happens. After all, like the movie says: "Hell is for heroes."

_________________
English is not my first language.

babybird
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 65,536
Location: UK

21 May 2024, 1:34 pm

TheNet wrote:

babybird wrote:

I swore a lie on someone's life once

I was on drugs at the time so I get mitigating circumstances

Yes that sounds worse than swearing to God with a lie.

Now I feel judged

_________________
We have existence

BillyTree
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 7 Oct 2023
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 513

21 May 2024, 1:38 pm

babybird wrote:

TheNet wrote:

babybird wrote:

I swore a lie on someone's life once

I was on drugs at the time so I get mitigating circumstances

Yes that sounds worse than swearing to God with a lie.

Now I feel judged

Let's hope the verdict isn't and eye for and eye then.

_________________
English is not my first language.

funeralxempire
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 27 Oct 2014
Age: 39
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 25,953
Location: Right over your left shoulder

21 May 2024, 2:39 pm

Yes.
And you swear to Santa and it's a lie you get no presents.

_________________
“Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas, this is part of our strategy” —Netanyahu
戦争ではなく戦争と戦う
GOP Predators

Fnord
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 May 2008
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Posts: 60,099
Location: Stendec

21 May 2024, 4:58 pm

TheNet wrote:

Is it true that if you swear something to God and it's not true that you automatically go to Hell no matter what? I have heard people say that this is the case.

Jesus Himself said, "Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord'. But I tell you not to swear at all: either by Heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the Earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one." -- Matthew 5:33-37 (NIV)

_________________

No love for Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian Leadership, Islamic Jihad, other Islamic terrorist groups, OR their supporters and sympathizers.

auntblabby
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Feb 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 113,875
Location: the island of defective toy santas

21 May 2024, 5:14 pm

god has bigger fish to fry.

TwilightPrincess
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 28 Sep 2016
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 22,622
Location: Hell

21 May 2024, 5:18 pm

I swear AT God. I don’t believe in him, but I want to have my bases covered just in case.

_________________
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. – Satan and TwilightPrincess

ToughDiamond
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Sep 2008
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Posts: 11,643

21 May 2024, 7:22 pm

Oh, I thought the OP meant swearing to God as in saying "I promise to do x, God." Still, same applies, I don't think it makes any difference to what happens after you die.

bee33
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Apr 2008
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,475

21 May 2024, 7:30 pm

There's no such thing as hell or god, but if there was, I doubt that god would be so petty.

Page 1 of 2 [ 32 posts ] Go to page 1, 2 Next

Jump to:

If you swear to God and it's a lie, do you go to Hell? Post Reply New Topic

If you swear to God and it's a lie, do you go to Hell?