[WackyKat]

Who created hell? Who set the rules for who goes to hell? Who decides how long someone stays in hell? Who decides what happens in hell? The answer would be God in every case.

The big question is why don't you deserve to go there? What makes you good? You eat meat causing the death of innocent animals. You have some luxury items yet still haven't taken care of every orphan. Why don't you deserve to go to hell?

Since the orthodox Christian concept of Hell is merely a crude relic of a superstitious age which was created to frighten the ignorant and unsophisticated into obedience to religious authorities, your question of whether I deserve to go there is irrelevant

But I will say this-even the worst tyrants of history- Stalin, Mao, Hitler, etc, didn't torture their victims forever. I don't see how any decent and rational person can reconcile the concept of Hell with the concept that God is good

[AnalogReigns]

90% of Christian concepts about Hell are from direct quotes of Jesus Christ taken from the 4 Gospel texts. Those various texts have been verified back to within 100 to 200 years of Christ Himself--and are the best verified, by far, of any ancient documents. Laugh at Hell, laugh at Christ--but you won't forever.

The idea that hell was invented by institutions to control people is an old Marxist smear with no basis in fact.

[Tribune7]

Since the orthodox Christian concept of Hell is merely a crude relic of a superstitious age which was created to frighten the ignorant and unsophisticated into obedience to religious authorities . . .

Now, that's faith.

But I will say this-even the worst tyrants of history- Stalin, Mao, Hitler, etc, didn't torture their victims forever. I don't see how any decent and rational person can reconcile the concept of Hell with the concept that God is good

God is love. Love is a double-edge sword.

My view of Hell is that it's a place where God is not. God gives us a choice to be with Him forever or reject Him completely. To those who reject Him, he says "OK, you win. You don't want me around. Go here. I'm gone for good"

So every God-hater that ever lived ends up in the same place, left to their own devices. And that is Hell.

[Tribune7]

And of course, you don't have to go there. The greatest sign of God's love for us is Jesus.