As far as i have understood from the Bible, hell does not exist. I have also seen a lot of people on totse say along the lines of "if god is so loving why is there hell?" ect... and then a load of answers that dont really get anyone anywhere. This is what i hope to clear up the whole issue-it maybe a long post, so bare with me.
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Definition: The Hebrew she’ohl´ and its Greek equivalent hai´des, which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek ge´en·na, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction.
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Does the Bible indicate whether the dead experience pain?
Eccl. 9:5, 10: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol,* the place to which you are going.” (If they are conscious of nothing, they obviously feel no pain.) (*“Sheol,” AS, RS, NE, JB; “the grave,” KJ, Kx; “hell,” Dy; “the world of the dead,” TEV.)
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Does the Bible indicate that the soul survives the death of the body?
Ezek. 18:4: “The soul* that is sinning—it itself will die.” (*“Soul,” KJ, Dy, RS, NE, Kx; “the man,” JB; “the person,” TEV.)
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Does the Bible say that the wicked go to hell?
Ps. 9:17, KJ: “The wicked shall be turned into hell,* and all the nations that forget God.” (*“Hell,” 9:18 in Dy; “death,” TEV; “the place of death,” Kx; “Sheol,” AS, RS, NE, JB, NW.)
<LI> [b]What does the Bible say the penalty for sin is?[b/]
Rom. 6:23: “The wages sin pays is death.”
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After one’s death, is he still subject to further punishment for his sins?
Rom. 6:7: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin.”
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A long post i know, but i hope this clears up a lot of questions surrounding hell. -reference from encyclopedia americana and reasoning from the scriptures
-edit-made it easier to read
[This message has been edited by nevermind (edited 04-15-2004).]
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