Do You Believe in Heaven and Hell?

• krambman

  

  I don't want this to turn into a huge debate about the good and evil aspects of major religions, but I want to know if people believe in heaven and hell. I'm teaching a lesson on hell and just wanted some feedback.
  
  Just to be clear here, I'm talking about heaven and hell as actual destinations after death. I'm not talking about realities that people experience here on earth or some philosophical idea, but rather actual realities for every person after death.
  
  So please, vote in the poll, and leave any feedback you'd like, but let's try our best to stay civil and respectful of the beliefs of others.
  
  Thanks in advance.
• Heelz

  

  krambman;994844 wrote:I don't want this to turn into a huge debate about the good and evil aspects of major religions, but I want to know if people believe in heaven and hell. I'm teaching a lesson on hell and just wanted some feedback.
  
  Just to be clear here, I'm talking about heaven and hell as actual destinations after death. I'm not talking about realities that people experience here on earth or some philosophical idea, but rather actual realities for every person after death.
  
  So please, vote in the poll, and leave any feedback you'd like, but let's try our best to stay civil and respectful of the beliefs of others.
  
  Thanks in advance.

  I know exactly how this thread will end up but I believe in both and have ever since I was a kid. Its just what I was taught.
• dlazz

  I believe when you die you go in the ground. That's it.
  
  
  ib4 Otrap comes in here and tells us how smart he is because he studied religion in college.
• Con_Alma

  As a place? No. As a spiritual state. Yes, I believe in heaven and hell.
• thePITman

  

  Con_Alma;994880 wrote:As a place? No. As a spiritual state. Yes, I believe in heaven and hell.

  I believe in Heaven and Hell. The quoted comment above is probably more how I feel, but I would still consider the place I spend eternity after my earthly death to be a "place".
• justincredible

  

  I do not believe in either.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  I believe Free Huddle is heaven and Ohio Chatter is hell.
• sleeper

  

  no.
• Hb31187

  

  I dont believe in either, when you die...you die and lay in the ground
• Devils Advocate

  

  I voted
• krambman

  

  Con_Alma;994880 wrote:As a place? No. As a spiritual state. Yes, I believe in heaven and hell.

  thePITman;994895 wrote:I believe in Heaven and Hell. The quoted comment above is probably more how I feel, but I would still consider the place I spend eternity after my earthly death to be a "place".

  I think this concept is really what I was trying to explain in the opening place. I'm asking about heaven and hell as eternal realities for people's souls after death, not as some philosophical idea or state of being during life. Rather heaven and hell as spiritual "places" where our eternal souls dwell after death.
• Belly35

  

  I once believed in 40 virgins I’m at number 35 now..
• FatHobbit

  

  I don't think anyone alive knows for sure what happens after you die.
• FatHobbit

  

  Belly35;994913 wrote:I once believed in 40 virgins I’m at number 35 now..

  Virgins are overrated IMHO.
• krambman

  

  FatHobbit;994920 wrote:I don't think anyone alive knows for sure what happens after you die.

  After I made the poll I realized I should have added an option for "I'm unsure whether I believe in the existence of heaven and hell."
• FatHobbit

  

  krambman;994932 wrote:After I made the poll I realized I should have added an option for "I'm unsure whether I believe in the existence of heaven and hell."

  I vote for that
• Commander of Awesome

  

  I dont believe in either.
• Laley23

  

  FatHobbit;994920 wrote:I don't think anyone alive knows for sure what happens after you die.

  I KNOW that no one knows what happens.
  
  That said, heck no I dont believe in it. I think Im gonna get burned and have my ashed dumped somewhere on earth.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Heelz;994870 wrote:I know exactly how this thread will end up but I believe in both and have ever since I was a kid. Its just what I was taught.

  This is what I hate about this subject. why not sit down, and actually think for yourself on how it sounds to YOU. Not what someone taught you years ago. If you think about it, and actually believe in it, then that is better than just saying "oh i was taught that at bible study(probably by a pedophile), so i believe in it"
• FatHobbit

  

  Laley23;994951 wrote:I KNOW that no one knows what happens.

  Someone might, but I probably wouldn't believe them if they told me.
• Laley23

  

  FatHobbit;994967 wrote:Someone might, but I probably wouldn't believe them if they told me.

  I suppose. But that would mean that they have died, seen it, and come back. If you believe that can happen, you probably believe in Heaven and Hell. Kind of similar.
• dlazz

  FatHobbit;994920 wrote:I don't think anyone alive knows for sure what happens after you die.

  Typically after you die there's a funeral and they bury you in the ground.
• Mulva

  

  No, I don't believe that my "soul" will spend eternity in a metaphysical location based on whether I was good or bad when living. I'm too logic-driven to buy into it.
  
  I'm really hoping someone on here believes in hell but not heaven though.
• FatHobbit

  

  Laley23;994970 wrote:I suppose. But that would mean that they have died, seen it, and come back. If you believe that can happen, you probably believe in Heaven and Hell. Kind of similar.

  I guess what I am trying to say is that I am open to the possibility that someone else might be right, there might be a heaven and hell, and there could be someone alive who knows that. But I would probably not believe that person if they told me,
• Pick6

  

  Reincarnation all the way.