NationStates Jolt Archive

Is there a hell?

I was looking at the "Things to do when in hell" thread and saw that a debate over how hell isn't a place to have fun.. Me, being Atheist, I think when you die, you die.

What do you think? Is there actually a Hell?

Sure ... why not? If there's a Kansas, there must be a Hell. I find either place to be the stuff of fairy tales.

Is there a Hell?
I thought you read the thread. (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=55275)

Sure ... why not? If there's a Kansas, there must be a Hell. I find either place to be the stuff of fairy tales.

Oh please, everyone knows Kansas only exists in 'The Wizard of Oz' :rolleyes:

Oh please, everyone knows Kansas only exists in 'The Wizard of Oz' :rolleyes:

But it's written about in a book, therefore, it must exist!

But it's written about in a book, therefore, it must exist!
*points above to own post*
Oh, but it does! It was in a video game, too!

There's a Hell.

There's also a Heck. It's not as severe as Hell.

*cue obligatory quote from sartre*

You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales!There's no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS--OTHER PEOPLE!

There might be. But there definitely is forgiveness!

yes

I want to avoid it at all costs... so follow ME!

hehe

There is a Hell. It's in either Minnesota or Michigan, if I remember correctly.

Sure there is. It's a region in NS. :)

There's a Hell.

There's also a Heck. It's not as severe as Hell.
ruled by the prince of insufficient light?

There is a Hell. It's in either Minnesota or Michigan, if I remember correctly.
Proof that a large majority of NSers do not read the thread and do not click on links.

According to my R.S teacher (a priest) there isnt.

ruled by the prince of insufficient light?

Possibly. :)

Proof that a large majority of NSers do not read the thread and do not click on links.
No, it's just proof that I don't pay attention to you.

ruled by the prince of insufficient light?

that it is, and his name is Phil

Hell is for Children.


I agree with Pat.

No, it's just proof that I don't pay attention to you.
You're proof has been foiled. That's for the attention. :)

You're proof has been foiled. That's for the attention. :)
Ah, but how do you know I'm not just quoting random posts and stringing a bunch of random words together, that, by pure coincidence, make it look like I'm responding to you?

Sure ... why not? If there's a Kansas, there must be a Hell. I find either place to be the stuff of fairy tales.
Um, and yet my life never has seemed quite as glamourous as those "fairy tales", it seems.....though my family calls me Princess and our biggest toil right now with the new apartment is that we have too many TVs :rolleyes:

Oh please, everyone knows Kansas only exists in 'The Wizard of Oz' :rolleyes:
Then I really really hope I'm an Ozian, not a Munchkin.

Ah, but how do you know I'm not just quoting random posts and stringing a bunch of random words together, that, by pure coincidence, make it look like I'm responding to you?
Your Holiness XIV Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, I bow before your wisdom.

Ah, but how do you know I'm not just quoting random posts and stringing a bunch of random words together, that, by pure coincidence, make it look like I'm responding to you?

It's one pound for a five minute argument, but only eight pounds for a course of ten. ;)

"As a communist I don’t believe in heaven or the Bible but as a scientist I now believe in hell," said Dr. Azzacove. "Needless to say we were shocked to make such a discovery. But we know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we are absolutely convinced that we drilled through the gates of hell!"

Dr. Azzacove continued, ". . .the drill suddenly began to rotate wildly, indicating that we had reached a large empty pocket or cavern. Temperature sensors showed a dramatic increase in heat to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit."

"We lowered a microphone, designed to detect the sounds of plate movements down the shaft. But instead of plate movements we heard a human voice screaming in pain! At first we thought the sound was coming from our own equipment."

"But when we made adjustments our worst suspicions were confirmed. The screams weren’t those of a single human, they were the screams of millions of humans!"

An interesting event, to say the least

An interesting event, to say the least

Makes sense, if hell was gonna be under anywhere it'd be under Finland :p

Makes sense, if hell was gonna be under anywhere it'd be under Finland
Looks like I'll have to unleash the powers of Hell which are mounted on tasty reindeer. Which makes sense, the horses that can fly in the apocalypse, that is. Nobody knew that reindeer existed in Biblical times, and reindeer can fly, as displayed by Santa, who lives in Finland.

Several years ago a book was published, entitled Beyond Death's Door by Dr. Maurice Rawlings. Dr. Rawlings, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, resuscitated many people who had been clinically dead. Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, "considered all religion "hocus-pocus" and death nothing more than a painless extinction". But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings

"Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, "I am in hell!" He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death. . . Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling — he looked as if his hair was "on end."
Then still another strange thing happened. He said,"Don't you understand? I am in hell. . . Don't let me go back to hell!" . . .the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never seen before."

Several years ago a book was published, entitled Beyond Death's Door by Dr. Maurice Rawlings. Dr. Rawlings, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, resuscitated many people who had been clinically dead. Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, "considered all religion "hocus-pocus" and death nothing more than a painless extinction". But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings

A guy that just died is panicing. There must be a hell. Does that mean there really is Kansas too?

A guy that just died is panicing. There must be a hell. Does that mean there really is Kansas too?
I've been telling you all that for ages now (much as it hurts to admit it myself)!

Several years ago a book was published, entitled Beyond Death's Door by Dr. Maurice Rawlings. Dr. Rawlings, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, resuscitated many people who had been clinically dead. Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, "considered all religion "hocus-pocus" and death nothing more than a painless extinction". But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings
Never heard of the debunking of near-death experiences, have you?

Yes. it's This Place (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Norway).

The Church taches there is a type of hell so yes

There's a Hell.

There's also a Heck. It's not as severe as Hell.
Heck is run by Peaches
http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/rocko/smallpics/s_heck3.jpg

Yes, there is a hell.

Unfortunately, the sole occupant for which it was intended has escaped and is now the Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America.

;)

Sometimes I have been known to toy about the proposition that a) there is a Hell, and b) we're all living - and typing - in it. :eek:

An interesting event, to say the least

http://www.snopes.com/religion/wellhell.htm

A very interesting event, in the history of urban legends and the dumber theists.

Definitely maybe.

One of my favourite quotes:

I waited for His Holiness to get up, but he made no move. There was a silence; only the nose-picking disciple kept up his activities. So I embarked on an anecdote - about a Jesuit priest who was asked about how he would reconcile God's all-embracing love with the idea of eternal Hell, and who answered: 'Yes, Hell does exist, but it is always empty.'