Hell
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Here is hell
http//www.astronomy.com/asy/objects/images/sun_full_disk_soho_09_14_1997.jpg
Here is heaven
http//www.incrediblejourney.net/sp/society/images/socaerial.jpg
If things like this exist in the mundane world, why is hell/heaven so hard to envisage? As for merciful compassionate God, you're lucky he placed you inside Earth and not outside
Arnold Yasin did a good piece on this - http//19.org/index.php?id=91,420,0,0,1,0
It seems he is using QXP there, which is not a direct translation (some people find it very hard to comprehend this).
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Well it's not so much the idea of a physical or metaphorical place that bothers me.
It is torturing people for not believing in Him.
Seems very cruel.
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8713...
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check out this article
http//19.org/index.php?id=91,420,0,0,1,0
Thanks. I read most of it.
But even if one rejects the idea of eternal punishment in Hell and understands Hell in a metaphorical sense.
It still means people are being made to suffer horrible agony simply for not believing.
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8713...
"Who will enter the Great Fire. In which they will then neither die nor live."
Still doesn't sound very Merciful.
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Better to listen to the statement of people in hell
So you are saying "Tough luck, you should have listened and understood - you deserve to be tortured by my Merciful God."???
Is that meant to frighten me into believing?
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"Who will enter the Great Fire. In which they will then neither die nor live."
Still doesn't sound very Merciful.
What is the state of neither living nor dying?
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What is the state of neither living nor dying?
No idea - doesn't sound very nice though.
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check out this article
http//19.org/index.php?id=91,420,0,0,1,0
I'm afraid that I find conflicting views in that article when thoroughly scrutinized. -
Thanks. I read most of it.
But even if one rejects the idea of eternal punishment in Hell and understands Hell in a metaphorical sense.
It still means people are being made to suffer horrible agony simply for not believing.
When you were on the other side (i.e a believer), what was your opinion about hell?
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When you were on the other side (i.e a believer), what was your opinion about hell?
I used to think that it was a metaphore for the suffering we will endure because of any hurt we may have caused others.
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Why is your opinion changed now?
I found it difficult to believe that this opinion truly reflected the the way the Qur'an described Hell.