What is the Purpose of Hell????

Hell is the place many of us choose as a place for living after we die. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. If God is love and we are created in his image and likeness then we won`t go to hell.Unless we are monsters who deserve to go there.

If human beings despite the faith of millions of them in hell, still disobey God and there are many who do not believe God exists, why deny that punish God for their infidelityby the human eye created them and create them with the earth, including the date and nature is beautiful and gave them the mind to think and get to know their Creator (swt) " Perish the human! How unthankful he is! From what did He create him? From a (sperm) drop He created him and then determined him, then eased his path for him, then causes him to die and buries him then, He will raise him when He wills. Indeed, he has not fulfilled that which He has ordered him. " ?Abasa - 17: 23

I´m an agnostic, but I agree with you that hell serves no purpose. In fact, the only purpose I can see is when you want to swear. Even though I don´t think I have the capacity of understanding the meaning of God, I am sure about some attributions God cannot have. God does not punish. And we, human beings, are just a very small part of God´s work. Religions are quite outdated in many senses.

Well, that and -to satisfy do-gooders with the fate that they are avoiding. (That they'll 'see vengeance done upon their enemies' etc.) But on the first count--that Hell is a place to scare 'children' (and part of the mind is forever a child) out of selfish pleasure and greedy robbery--is true. It's kind of like 'corporal punishment' (spanking); rather than learn the rewards of good behavior, children simply behave to avoid what they fear (and then misbehave with even-worse consequences when they think they no longer need to fear the punishment). That is often seen in Christians, who--learning that they are always offered a way out of Hell--think it means they won't have to go through the Hell they build with their actions!

I agree with you completely. What you are saying makes a lot of sense. It is definitely used for fear. So many people are afraid that they will suffer eternally in hellfire.

I think that hell is just here to make you just scared about the things, which makes you to do the things correctly and regularly .

Everything does have a purpose, and the purpose of hell is clearly to scare the devil out of christians. However it has another purpose which most christians will not admit to. The real purpose of hell is to collect money for the church. Christianity is a huge Scam that has been collecting money for the Roman Catholic Church for almost 2000 years. This Scam has made the aforesaid church the richest business in the world. Obviously The church is not interested in what religion teaches, as can be seen by the Church Hierarchy's abuse of children, and their attempt to buy it off with money, rather than to make it right by the imprisonment of those evil perpetrators!

Hi bird, It is very obvious that the only reason for hell is to scare people and it has served the church well for two thousand years. Sadly it has done more harm than anything else invented by the church. It's hard to believe that parents allow this to be taught to their children today. In my upbringing, it wasn't talked about much because my parents didn't believe in frightening children, but I heard enough from others that it had a detrimental effect on much of my early life. I can only imagine what the children of fundamentalist children much go through. As you say God is unconditional love. Blessings.

To me, in this modern age, the purpose of hell is to scare little children into doing what they're told.

Hi bird: I believe in the concept of hell but not as a place of punishment but the consequence of your actions. People who come to hell suffers because they don't have the love from God but it's not because God wants to punish them. It's just the result of their actions. If all of your life you don't have the love of God in your heart, God won't make you be near to him. ALVARO

Hell is somewhat or more borrowed from the Greeks IMO. You know the underworld sort of thing. Hades or Pluto is the god of the underworld and the story spread on until it ended up in the bible. It is just my opinion. It may be a word that shouldn't be found in the dictionary but its importance is apparent once you are stuck in a difficult situation and the only way for others to help you is to say you are caught in hell..

God have given you two paths. The good path and the wrong path. It's you who select the write path. Also you have holy books like quran, bible to select ur path. Just think if there would be no hell, it wouldbe like a world with no courts and no jail. That means anyone can do anything. So hell is must!

I believe that hell is not a real. It is just to scare you.

I kinda agree with you. I think that hell is a concept to scare people. I don't believe in hell, I do believe in God, but hell just dosen't seem feasible. However the concept of hell can scare a lot of people. If there was nothing to fear, then why would people follow a religion? They most likley wouldn't. Heaven is more like a reward for people who are good on earth. I think hell is really just a concept and not a place that exists. It's simply there for fear.

bird123, Greetings! In the beginning, when Lucifer sinned because of pride by not wanting to take care of the humans, a simple being, whereas Lucifer is a seraphim, the highest among the angels, a third of the angels sided with Lucifer and the great battle in heaven commenced. Lucifer and his angels were banished from heaven to hell. No one can enter heaven without being purified therefore they have to be cleansed and purified in purgatory. Purgatory and Hell is similar, they have the same h eat intensity but they are different for purgatory is only temporary while hell is forever. The second coming of Christ will separate those souls in purgatory that will go to heaven or eternally goes to hell. The main purpose of hell is to contain all the bad beings who rebel against God. Ferritic

It's the creation of Satan so all his followers and worshippers can have an everlasting dwelling place in their netherworld without the need to wonder around during the beginning phase of afterlife. It is neither created by mankind nor God. But it does mentioned often by high priest,iman, preacher, monk and rabbis while performing services to their adherents. For some it is just an opposite to paradise where the love of their divine shower upon them in their afterlife.

Yeah ..god is unconditional love alright. You know my opinion on this bird. :) At the risk of repeating myself, when we are young, we dont fully understand all emotions. So our society leaders came up with methods to control wrong on our part. That is how heaven and hell came into picture.

the purpose of hell is for us people to do good here on earth while we are still alive so that when we die, our souls wont go there. but personally, i dont think God will allow us to be there. im sure God will give us several chances to learn our lessons here on earth and redeem ourselves.

The purpose of hell in my opinion has several purposes. As a firm believer, that the bible was created by mankind and not inspired by God because honestly there are too many things seem off about it. I believe that hell has two purposes for people who aren't able to fully think on their own. 1. Hell is to cast fear into people so that they will do good. Unfortunately, you run into people who don't believe in Hell, God, or religion and still do good things without the need to be scared into it. I have meant religious people who don't understand how anyone can do good if they don't follow religion like they were taught. Some pastors, including one at the church down the street from my house when I used to go, will tell you and I quote "Those people doing good aren't doing any 'good' at all but following the devil's path and giving their souls to him. It only seems like its good but it can not be good for they do not follow the true word God as written in the bible." 2. I also believe Hell serves another purpose using fear rather than just to make people be "good". I believe the fear of not existing is a fear a lot of people have and few will admit. They are scared to no longer exist and even if it is eternal damnation in a horrible place filled with eternal punishment then they still exist. You could have also asked "What is the purpose of heaven?" The answer based on 1&2 above: If you "rule" with too much fear then you will have people who will eventually rise against you and try to tear apart the organization (governments, religion, etc.). However, if offer a chance at an everlasting good life in a wonderful place then there you have it. If you follow you get rewarded, if you don't believe then you are sentence to hell. Both places are used as a sort of scare tactic. Hell - to get people in there by using fear. Heaven - to keep people when they start to become disillusioned by "threatening" that they will never be able to go to such a place if they don't follow.

What is the purpose of hell? Simple! A place where people who did not love God are placed.