smartshadow:
I have a friend who told me with all seriousness that he is not interested in going to heaven.
He said that although he is a christian, he doesn't ever feel threatened by the thought of going to hell.
He says and I quote
" I don't feel wavered by the fear of going to hell. If my maker who in all his compassion and abundant love and mercy,decides to send his creation to the worst level of punishment there is, despite the level of offense, despite the circumstances that they faced, despite the race,culture and religion that they were born into then I wouldn't mind spending eternity in hell because most people sent there were sent there unjustly"

He also said going to heaven was an overrated experience and that it way in a way too enticing.

What are your thoughts?

smartshadow:
I have a friend who told me with all seriousness that he is not interested in going to heaven.
He said that although he is a christian, he doesn't ever feel threatened by the thought of going to hell.
He says and I quote
" I don't feel wavered by the fear of going to hell. If my maker who in all his compassion and abundant love and mercy,decides to send his creation to the worst level of punishment there is, despite the level of offense, despite the circumstances that they faced, despite the race,culture and religion that they were born into then I wouldn't mind spending eternity in hell because most people sent there were sent there unjustly"

He also said going to heaven was an overrated experience and that it way in a way too enticing.

What are your thoughts?

Congrats! Your friend has started using his head

johnydon22:
Now am happy this issue is brought been discussed...
If you see the comments of Christians in this thread now you will see that most of them are scared to the marrow of hell, they worship yahweh cus he threatened to burn you if you don't... yet he is said to be love and just and merciful all at the same time...that is like eating your cake and having it but lets not go into that.
(1)
I want whoever is reading this to ask himself "Is a finite sin worth an infinite punishment?" in plain language The human life as we all know is fleeting and passes away very quickly lets say like 100years or a little more of that at most...ok now assuming you start committing sin from the first day you were born till the day you die (100yrs later) does this worth eternity of punishment? is it justice? is this characteristic of love? let us leave any emotional attachment to any religion we practise aside and answer that question sincerely.

(2)
Ask urself assuming their is life after death in what extension will you exist, in this planet earth our extension is the human body, we have form.
eyes, nose, mouth tongue, hands, feet, brain, lungs and all this are possible because we have flesh then if their is a conscious soul that exists after death in what state? in what form or extension will it exist since we all know all the things i mentioned above are all human traits.

(3)
Pains as we know it is as a result of sensory neurons in our skin (flesh) that sends the data to the brain and then it responds to the stimuli/stimulus.. ok in this assumed state of existing after death, how would you feel pain? no skin, no brain? not even shape or form? from whence then comes the pain?

(4)Assuming you are right and their is heaven and hell, you make heaven and ur mum makes hell and you are fully aware ur mum is burning for eternity in hell, is that not a torture of its own? can you live with that for eternity?

(5)Who exactly was hell created for Humans/demons? cus from what you christians hype (Those that claim to have gone to hell and back) demons are the ones torturing humans even more than the flames... it leaves me with a question "Was this hell created for demons or humans?..." did this god just create hell after creating humans incase man bleeps up, then gather some more spirit beings keep em there and use em to torture his so loved humans?

(6)
For all the people shouting "repent for hell is real" if you do something cus of a reward or cus u might be punished is that thing really good? or you just did it for ur own selfish interest.
that means without the promise of heaven or threat of hell most of you here will be bad.
But goodness is not about that "Goodness is doing what is right because you know it is right" Be good for goodness sake.
..........
If you are good to others because of the promise of heaven, that shows how little you think of others
If you are good to others because of the threat of hell that shoes how little you think of urself.. Be good cus it is good.

michaelwestern:


The mistake you are making is that you are trying to rationalize God. Only God can decide what punishment is appropriate for sin. You cant use your limited human wisdom to decide what punishment is just or not.

michaelwestern:

we will exist in the realm of the spirit

michaelwestern:

Who told you that the fire in hell will be physical fire? Do you think God is not capable of creating fire that can burn spirits?

michaelwestern:

There wont be mother-son, father-daughter or husband-wife relationships in heaven. All those relationships ends on earth. We will exist as spirits in heaven and hell(for you)

michaelwestern:

It was created for the devil. But people like you who join the devil in rebelling against God will also join the devil in hell.

michaelwestern:

Christianity is more than doing good/evil. What will condemn you for hell is not believing in Jesus Christ, not because of the bad things you have done.

michaelwestern:

All your other questions shows hyprocricy, you started out questioning what the bible says about hell and now you are trying to portray the bible as false. You cant have it both ways, itz either the bible is true/false. Choose one.

torchwave:
The fact is every individual must make a choice where to spend eternity. The reasons we give are just a process to the finished product - choice.

The problem with man is that he expects God to think like him; he expects God to tailor His actions to suit his thinking.

Many say that God will never condemn His creation to eternal fires because He is a loving God. True, He is a loving God.


However, God is also a CONSUMING FIRE. I wonder why people continually harp on just one quality about God and turn a blind eye to His other qualities which are as equally important in having an understanding of His nature.

God is also a righteous Judge. He is a Lamb as well as a mighty Lion. He is a friend to those who love Him and an enemy to those who hate Him.

It is better to serve God out of fear and make heaven than be rebellious and self-willed like Lucifer and spend eternity in hell.


If you must know, I'm glad to be among the millions who love and serve God because they've seen and tasted His goodness, because their lives would be empty without Him. There is no fear in love. When you know how much God loves you, all you'll want to do is love Him till the end of your life, not question Him for what you don't understand.