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12 Sep 2009, 9:52 am

There is a debate over whether hell is literally this big lake of fire and brimstone, or if it is merely the absence of God. What are your thoughts on this?

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12 Sep 2009, 10:07 am

Edit: Meh. Nevermind.

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12 Sep 2009, 10:25 am

My opinion is that it's a fairy tale invented to frighten people.

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12 Sep 2009, 11:01 am

Aren't we already in Hell? :roll:

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12 Sep 2009, 11:41 am

Tim_Tex wrote:

There is a debate over whether hell is literally this big lake of fire and brimstone, or if it is merely the absence of God. What are your thoughts on this?

The notion of Hell assumes another life after our physical biological life. This is a supposition totally lacking any support from empirical evidence. In short, the question is nonsensical.

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12 Sep 2009, 12:29 pm

Hell, according to Christian mythology, is pretty clearly described in the Bible as a fairly unpleasant place consisting of fire and lakes of molten sulphur. Hel, with one 'l', on the other hand is described as equally unpleasant, however it is the cold icy abode of the goddess of the same name in Norse mythology. In Hellenism, Hades is described as not unpleasant at all, but not particularly fun either; the dead exist as shades, not suffering any torment but incapable of attaining any joy or glory, to the extent that the ghost of Achilles remarked that it was fair better to be the poorest of the poor in life than to be a king in Hades. Tartarus, on the other hand, was quite nasty, with individualised punishments doled out to particular wrongdoers - for instance, Sisyphus was condemned to spend eternity rolling a boulder up a hill, and Tantalus was sentenced to spend eternity in perpetual hunger and thirst, with food and water just out of reach. And as for Duat, the Kemetic underworld, that was the realm where Ra had to pass through every night, which was inhabited by demons, most notable among them Apophis. The dead would have to navigate through this perilous realm, aided by spells from the Book of the Dead, before being judged by Anubis, where if they passed they would be allowed to join Osiris in the realm of Aaru.

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12 Sep 2009, 12:47 pm

Being forced to spend an eternity with "Christians."

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12 Sep 2009, 2:08 pm

Hey, Hell is a small town in Texas...

Or Norway, I always get that mixed up...

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12 Sep 2009, 2:53 pm

pakled wrote:

Hey, Hell is a small town in Texas...

Or Norway, I always get that mixed up...

Michigan, actually.

And it freezes over quite regularly.

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12 Sep 2009, 2:57 pm

The Bible describes it as a literal lake of fire.

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12 Sep 2009, 2:59 pm

Tollorin wrote:

Aren't we already in Hell? :roll:

Yep.

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12 Sep 2009, 3:45 pm

We're not in Hell, but compared to what we see on the surface, it can't be much worse down there (or anywhere else).

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12 Sep 2009, 3:47 pm

Sand wrote:

My opinion is that it's a fairy tale invented to frighten people.

I agree with what Sand said.

The poll doesn't have enough options.

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12 Sep 2009, 3:57 pm

Polls in general don't cover the large unique views of people.

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12 Sep 2009, 4:05 pm

phil777 wrote:

Polls in general don't cover the large unique views of people.

Yeah, but there don't need to be a great amount of options to cover the basic spectrum of views on any given topic (plus an "other" option just to be sure).

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12 Sep 2009, 4:16 pm

no such thing. but if there was it would be like the dimension the Event Horizon goes to - terrifying film.

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