This point was brought up the other day when with some friends. How can anyone reason that Hell does NOT exist? We weren't asking if Hell DOES exist because that wasn't the argument.
These are the questions we kept asking each other:
Have you ever met anyone who has died and can tell you face to face, "Hell does not exist"?
With many near-death stories, doesn't an afterlife, of some sort, seem very possible?
How can anyone actually prove it doesn't exist?
We came to the same conclusion most of you are coming to, it seems the non-existence of Hell has literally no evidence. All of us happen to believe in God besides one of our friends. While we were discussing the subject, I could see my friend thinking deeply with, almost, a perplexed look. I could tell these questions bothered him.
We starting to talking about the importance and weight of such a matter since we are talking about eternity. Again, I could see this bothered my friend.
Our intentions of this conversation was not to single-out our friend by any means (in fact, we didn't know everyone's beliefs until we were finishing the conversation).
Afterward, my atheist friend and I started talking off to the side and he went on to explain to me how he "had never thought about it that way before." He went on further to tell me how he had always been convinced it was a "fairytale" or a way to get kids to behave because there wasn't any "real" evidence to support it. Now, he was looking at the question from the other side, how do we know if it doesn't exist? He's now in the process of finding out the truth for himself because he wants to make absolutely sure, he's right about it now (the possibility of eternity seemed to hit him extra hard).
My intents of this question is not to push my religious beliefs on anyone else but to simply ask this question: With all of the evidence in favor of Hell existing in comparison to no evidence regarding it's non-existence, how can anyone rationally say, it does not exist?
Please respond with reasonable answers and I welcome answers from all faiths and beliefs.
Nobody has answered the question. You all keep answering the same question, Does it exist?
No one has provided any evidence to support the non-existence of Hell......does anyone understand the questioin?
The burden of proof lies in the evidence supporting the NON-EXISTENCE of Hell. That is the question. I'm not asking if it DOES exist.
In conclusion to this question. Can everyone agree that by strictly sticking the question of the non-existence of Hell, there is no evidence? Again, I'm NOT arguing the existence or the type of Hell.
I should of wrote this earlier and I apologize to everyone. The real conclusion we come to with the question is; Shouldn't we want to be absolutely sure (especially if it's for eternity)?
These are the questions we kept asking each other:
Have you ever met anyone who has died and can tell you face to face, "Hell does not exist"?
With many near-death stories, doesn't an afterlife, of some sort, seem very possible?
How can anyone actually prove it doesn't exist?
We came to the same conclusion most of you are coming to, it seems the non-existence of Hell has literally no evidence. All of us happen to believe in God besides one of our friends. While we were discussing the subject, I could see my friend thinking deeply with, almost, a perplexed look. I could tell these questions bothered him.
We starting to talking about the importance and weight of such a matter since we are talking about eternity. Again, I could see this bothered my friend.
Our intentions of this conversation was not to single-out our friend by any means (in fact, we didn't know everyone's beliefs until we were finishing the conversation).
Afterward, my atheist friend and I started talking off to the side and he went on to explain to me how he "had never thought about it that way before." He went on further to tell me how he had always been convinced it was a "fairytale" or a way to get kids to behave because there wasn't any "real" evidence to support it. Now, he was looking at the question from the other side, how do we know if it doesn't exist? He's now in the process of finding out the truth for himself because he wants to make absolutely sure, he's right about it now (the possibility of eternity seemed to hit him extra hard).
My intents of this question is not to push my religious beliefs on anyone else but to simply ask this question: With all of the evidence in favor of Hell existing in comparison to no evidence regarding it's non-existence, how can anyone rationally say, it does not exist?
Please respond with reasonable answers and I welcome answers from all faiths and beliefs.
Nobody has answered the question. You all keep answering the same question, Does it exist?
No one has provided any evidence to support the non-existence of Hell......does anyone understand the questioin?
The burden of proof lies in the evidence supporting the NON-EXISTENCE of Hell. That is the question. I'm not asking if it DOES exist.
In conclusion to this question. Can everyone agree that by strictly sticking the question of the non-existence of Hell, there is no evidence? Again, I'm NOT arguing the existence or the type of Hell.
I should of wrote this earlier and I apologize to everyone. The real conclusion we come to with the question is; Shouldn't we want to be absolutely sure (especially if it's for eternity)?