One thing I learned in the past week is that christians actually believe hell is inhabited by these weird gooey demon guys with scythe hands that work for Satan and you should totally be scared of them.
One thing I learned in the past week is that christians actually believe hell is inhabited by these weird gooey...
weird gooey demon guys with scythe hands that work for Satan
I only see a doctor or maybe an engineer in your picture, where's that demon you mentioned?
hell is designed specifically to tortue you as much as possible. If you are terrified of creatures like this, then hell will be full of them. If you're terrified of things like loss and betrayal, your hell experience will be a endless NTR VN, etc etc.
Hell and Heaven don't even make sense.
hell is designed specifically to tortue you as much as possible
suicide is a ticket to hell
muslims get promised 72 virgins if they "Allahu akbar"
does that mean that they are incels afraid of women?
I think this post was written by a bot.
Are you doing your studying on Reddit?
Depends on the denomination. IIRC catholics and ortodox have interpretations of hell not as an place but as a spiritual state. Protestants and especially evangelist really believe that hell is an actual literal place with actual demons and fire.
designed specifically to tortu(r)e
Literally by whom
Nobody believes this shit. Hell is just nothingness. The punishment is not going to Heaven.
Biblically, Hell is just a place where you'll be put where God doesn't reach you. If you reject Him in life, he lets you go free after death. The caveat is that any place without God will be a place of torment.
Heaven isn't really a place, our world will be transformed into the Kingdom of Heaven. Those who in life choose to be with God will have their bodies and souls perfected and spend all of eternity in contact with Him, like Adam and Eve were in Eden.
I think this post was written by a shitskin.
you go to either place if you do good or bad things
"Good" and "evil" are subjective or depending on religion
Because there's only one true religion.
Hard to be with hod when church abandoned God the first opportunity they got
Hell isn't real hth
It's been a long time since I read the bible but I'm fairly sure it's designed by god, but maintained and lorded over by satan in the same way Earth is maintained and lorded over by Man; god has full control but we have free will and the ability to act out our own plans. Satan, who hates humanity because he blames them for being cast out of heaven (it was actually his own fault, he's just incapable of repentance which is why he's in hell still). In this way, hell is punishment even for satan, because he is trapped in a realm designed for humans and is beholden to his duties which involve enacting god's plan for humans.
Although you're encouraged to join the Church and to spend time with other christians, it's not mandatory.
All you need to enter Heaven is to put your faith in Jesus, to repent your sins and let him try to improve you.
The church's corruption doesn't interfere in any of that.
I hope we never find out personally! Christ is King.
Satan won't lord over anything. Him and all the other fallen angels will be common damned souls in Hell, just like humans.
You won't, you'll be dead
Well let's be fair: the Lake of Fire is presented as a location where all not aligned with God will inevitably end up. A place of "weeping and gnashing of teeth."
I don't think you're meant to see even Satan as real.
There's no horned devil scheming to drag you to hell, Satan is just a metaphorical personification of the temptation to do evil and lead a life of degeneracy outside of god's teachings.
This. It's all about Buddhism and Bardos.
And with god's grace, in the kingdom of heaven!
Isn't there a distinction between "Satan" and "Lucifer?" Satan is an angel that can still communicate with God as an advocate against humanity, like a prosecutor. Lucifer is a fallen archangel who attempted rebellion against God and got himself and a 3rd of heaven cast down into hell
Well, it's a good thing that saying "I am a Christian" completely immunises you against that, then
Jesus defeated death. Anyone who joins him in body, heart and soul will never die for real.
I interpret it as not beinh literal. Being away from God is just so excruciating that it can be compared to burning alive in darkness forever.
How to break this to you...
Neither of those are real, either
work for satan
Do they get dental?
Didn't the jews originally have the devil just be a guy who argues with God
That sounds so much cooler and cosmically pleasant
Why would you just invent a bunch of shit about how actually the world sucks and is shit and God hates you
What is wrong with Christians
they dindu nuffin and america is the real monster for carpet bombing the innocent hell demons
That part isn't literal
The nice part about God and eternal life is tho :^)
Honestly, how much more obvious can it be that it's all just cope?
Most of the stuff about hell and shit is basically fanfiction anyway. At most Satan is a cunt and tempts people but that's kinda it.
Hell is not designed by God or lorded over by anyone, it’s not even a “place. Hell is simply no more and no less than the total absence of God’s light. The fire and brimstone and pitchforks is an attempt to communicate what utter horror and misery that is, not that unrepentant sinners are literally chased around for all eternity by demons.
The concept of Heaven is similarly misunderstood, except rather than wallowing in darkness you’re basking in the Presence and absolutely nothing else crosses your mind but “I am very happy to be with God” for all eternity.
Well it comes from Job. Satan shows up and gives an accounting for all the lives he's ruined. I guess to show that even misfortune on earth is a planned event. God brags about how devout Job is despite being successful. Satan retorts that Job is only devout because he's so successful and comfortable. God gives Satan the green light to destroy Job's life. Kill his children, infect his crops with plague, infect him with disease, just to see what Job does after he loses everything.
These religions and their books have changed so much over time I don't know why people still believe.
is there actually any example where hell is governed orderly?
You have to say it AND have it be the truth, anon. Else all western politicians would be going to Heaven.
Persona (Gnosticism) is not Christianity, despite the similar looking names. Satan and Lucifer are the same.
Anons... you'll just become a refugee in hell, you can still rape, kill and steal the locals there.
Well just like with any mythology it's the concept that is fun
This is true. Jesus's express problem with the Pharisees was despite their rank and their professed knowledge of scripture they didn't actually believe any of it. Jesus describes it as a cup that's has the outside cleaned but was still filthy on the inside
Hell police arresting demons who voice their disapproval on social media
kek
But what if they're right
The book of Job is the biggest reason people need to do Bible study and not just read it by themselves, because a simple reading gives nonsense like this.
The book of Job
is this how the term "jobber" came to be?
That's literally what happens though
On another day the angels[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life. 5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
6 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
I guess to show that even misfortune on earth is a planned event
I got the complete opposite impression. The overarching moral being that sometimes things happen without reason, or at the very least, that man can not always comprehend God's reasons.
Sometimes bad things happen to good people. This is a real thing worthy of lesson.
I think Job is probably the first case of a story that totally resulted in the audience getting a different meaning then the writer intended. The first "media literacy" case.
Like the whole thing is this lengthy "and then satan pulled his eyes out and fucked him and used all his credit cards and made a bunch of long distance calls with his phone, and he still loved god!" and man, god just let that shit happen to prove a point?
The Bible has changed almost nothing in thousands of years. Our modern Bibles are almost identical to the Dead Sea Scrolls, with a cpuple different words here and there. Modern Nibles, even online ones, have footnotes telling you how q sentence differs between documents so you can analyse it on your own.
I lnow you're proud to be this dumb. Until very recently I was too. Nut read the actual book. Start with the New Testament, it's easier.