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Do any faiths or denominations of faiths believe in an afterlife that has no Hell?
In Hell I mean limbs ripped apart,boiling water on skin etc.
Do any faiths or denominations of faiths believe in an afterlife that has no Hell?
In Hell I mean limbs ripped apart,boiling water on skin etc.
Do any faiths or denominations of faiths believe in an afterlife that has no Hell?
In Hell I mean limbs ripped apart,boiling water on skin etc.
In the Bible, eternal life is contrasted with eternal death, not eternal torture, which accomplishes nothing but feeding a fiendish desire for pointless suffering. Would we willingly serve the interests of such a cruel and heartless deity?
But it isnt so hard to accept death and not fear death.I believe god's (or the idea of it) greatest strength is fear.
If not for fear how would god be strong enough to stop evil in this world?
Do any faiths or denominations of faiths believe in an afterlife that has no Hell?
Most of them, actually.Do any faiths or denominations of faiths believe in an afterlife that has no Hell?
In Hell I mean limbs ripped apart,boiling water on skin etc.
God does not want his children to serve him out of a cowering fear. As a parent, I would consider myself a failure if such was the response of my own children. Authorities might also want to question me on issues relating to child abuse.
Our Father wants our love, our respect and our unquestioning obedience, but he has an enemy who is bent on painting him as a despot. Jesus showed us the Father....he was not despotic or demanding or unloving. He tortured no one.
He was scathing in his criticism of the false shepherds in Israel, but merely warned them of God's coming judgment.
Fear of death has plagued mankind since the beginning. We are not programmed for death or ageing or sickness or suffering....none of that was supposed to be part of our existence. Yet the first rebels dumped all that on us to carry.
No one who enjoys a fair measure of health, wants to die. But only when man invented fanciful ideas about an afterlife, did they begin to fear death, not just as an inevitable part of this life, but as a place of eternal suffering and torment.
It was never God's intention to stop evil in the world right away. His permission of the devil's rulership was to demonstrate how life would be without God's rules to govern what we do. In handing rulership of the world over to the devil, God did not abandon his faithful ones. He has seen them safely through all the trials, proving once and for all that even under the most trialsome conditions, not all humans would "curse God to his face" (Job 1& 2) He has led us by his word and his spirit, so we have no excuse to abandon him.
That one simple test in Eden was the catalyst for a change of rulership. Satan basically claimed that humans would be better off under his rulership which included a knowledge of evil. Has this knowledge benefitted mankind in the slightest way? Has giving the devil free rulership of the earth brought peace and happiness to the world? He can give rulership to whomever he chooses and he has chosen some doozies over the centuries. (Luke 4:5, 6)
This is a very serious learning curve that we have been exposed to. Both the angelic and human sons of God have been through a rigorous test to see who would remain faithful. God allows us to show him what we are made of. Satan is permitted to test us and only those who pass the test will be granted everlasting life.
God doesn't need to frighten us about death....its hard enough to endure life in these times.
Death carries no fear of itself. None of the Hebrew Bible writers conveyed a fear of death. There is no "hell" in their teachings.
Look at the account of the raising of Lazarus in John 11. Then ask yourself....
Where did Jesus say Lazarus was before he raised him?
Where did his sister think he was?
Where did Lazarus himself say he was?
Get back to me once you have read it....
No punishment prescribed for God's people involved torture or punishment in excess of the crime. All punishment was designed to serve justice. It was designed to correct and rehabilitate the offender and to compensate his victim.If he had committed a capital offence, he paid with his life. He would never offend again.
Eternal punishment serves no purpose at all. :no:
Most of them, actually.
For Christianity: Anglicanism has very little emphasis on Hell, also JWs, and possibly Eastern Orthodox and some Catholics, maybe.
Sikhs, too, do not believe in such a Hell.
Do any faiths or denominations of faiths believe in an afterlife that has no Hell?
In Hell I mean limbs ripped apart,boiling water on skin etc.
I read it there was no mention of afterlife only death or sleep mentioned.
If death is the only and ultimate punishment then about what punishment are you talking here? Because once someone who committed a crime and died he will have no other chance.
That's similar to what I heard about it, as well.My priest, when I was Eastern Orthodox, said the EOC considers Hell as separation from God, chosen deliberately by the soul. It isn't a place of fire. The eternal torment is being eternally separated from God.
That's similar to what I heard about it, as well.
Truly a beautiful denomination. If only I could accept the Trinity.
Do any faiths or denominations of faiths believe in an afterlife that has no Hell?
In Hell I mean limbs ripped apart,boiling water on skin etc.