Hell!!!

I have come to the conclusion that I absolutely do not believe in hell. I do however believe in god; I just don't believe any all-knowing being would cast a soul into hell, to burn and suffer for all eternity.

It, just seems like anyone with any compassion and understanding would know that we "know not what we do" and eternal damnation is not reasonable. I can only assume that a devine creator, who was able to create complex environments and organisms couldn't possibly find it fair to have a soul be tourtured and tormented for ever.

Don't get me wrong, I consider myself to have a good deal of faith, and try to fallow Christ's example, but I know hell is just something that cannot exist, and I refuse to fear it, because It is illogical and obsured! arty:

 

...as though the notion of god weren't illogical and absurd.

 

well, I don't think that the notion of god is obsurd.

 

but what has lead you to believe god exists?

 

It's called faith bub

 

and everything i see and feel....

 

not to mention hear

 

not to mention kermit the damn frog!!!!!

 

Well I agree with the fact that there's no helll...
I disagree with the fact that there's a God.

 

Hell is just something the mind can't understand.

It will twist and turn in an effort to do so, but when it finally comes to the conclusion that the task is beyond it's ability, it will call out for help.

This is the beginning of a spiritual path.

The mind is then willing to accept something from outside of itself.


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thats an interesting opinion

 

I've been a yogi for a long time.



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which is why religion is a cop-out on a grand scale.

 

To whom are you addressing with that?


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well, you. I was referring to the comment about a mind finding something outside of itself.

 

But I'm not religious. If anything, I rally long and hard against it. See my posts in the religious forum.

Even though yoga was born out of Hinduism, it exists seperately from it. It is a discipline. A science. A mystical science. You are given specific techniques by which you get specific results.

Religion is hell.


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ok, fair enough.

 

I believe that there is no hell or no heaven. When someone dies they die. No one has died and then come back to life a few years later or something to prove that they are real. So until someone can prove that there is a heaven or hell with physical evidence then i dont believe in any of it. I think that when you die you just die and maybe come back as a new person but highly doubtful. But thats just my opinion.

 

You said "until someone can prove that there is a heaven or hell with physical evidence then i dont believe in any of it." Suppose there was to be physical evidence of heaven...a stairway or something... then faith wouldn't exist. Everyone would believe in God and their "faith" or belief in God wouldn't be special at all. No hard evidence makes faith special...It's crazy to believe in God but why not?

 

I pray to the god who may or may not be there that when we die it all just ends... the thought of being reincarnated hurts.