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Christian Hell vs. Other Hells?
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Christian Hell vs. Other Hells?
Greetings one and all!

We all know Hell is a horrible place, a place to avoid going to if at all possible.

But is Christian Hell especially bad compared to other ones? I would posit that yes it is.

The Hells of the ancients (Norse,Greek, Egyptian etc.) weren't necessarily punitive, but just a place for the vast majority of the dead (a few exceptional heroes excepted.)

Most people there just lived in a shadowy place, and the only the truly repellent sinners were punished (think tartarus and sisyphus.) Some traditions (such as Persian Zoroastrianism) posited that Hell is just temporary, and at the end of time all souls shall be united with The Divine.

Christian Hell... is really something else. Even YHWH, in his pitiless OT form, no matter how many people he killed (Jericho,Sodom, First born Egyptian sons) he never sent anyone to Hell. Hell as we know it, only really came from the lips of Christ Jesus, meek and mild.

Unlike Hell of the ancients, the Christian (not Jewish) Hell is truly awful. It is where unrepentent sinners wail and gnash their teeth, and are not given the slightest joy or pleasure. According to later Catholic theologians, souls in Hell cannot give or receive the slightest bit of love, and have great hatred toward the living and the saved, desiring nothing more than for them to join them in Hell.

Given the Christian nature of Hell, one could even pity Satan and the demons, despite how horrible they are. Satan and demons know that they eventually will have to roast in agonizing fire for all eternity, and can only really tempt other people to suffer with them.

Hell seems inhumane, and if God were real, you think he'd be morally obligated to destroy Hell and all it's occupants immediately Undecided .

Truthfully, the Christian doctrine of Hell almost makes me not want to be a Christian. Undecided . Almost  Wink !!!!!!

Thoughts?
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Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by TrueChristian - January 10, 2016 at 4:38 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 10, 2016 at 6:46 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Regina - January 12, 2016 at 4:29 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by green.joel2 - January 13, 2016 at 12:59 am
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Heat - January 11, 2016 at 11:50 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 12, 2016 at 3:47 am
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Heat - January 12, 2016 at 4:24 am
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by ApeNotKillApe - January 12, 2016 at 4:04 am
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Heat - January 12, 2016 at 4:20 am
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Godschild - January 12, 2016 at 4:50 am
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by dyresand - January 12, 2016 at 11:26 am
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by brewer - January 12, 2016 at 2:16 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Aoi Magi - January 12, 2016 at 4:18 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by brewer - January 12, 2016 at 4:25 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by Brian37 - January 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by KevinM1 - January 12, 2016 at 10:51 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by vorlon13 - January 12, 2016 at 10:59 pm
RE: Christian Hell vs. Other Hells? - by vorlon13 - January 12, 2016 at 11:06 pm

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