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vlyons

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30. God doesn't send people to Hell.

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 12:26 PM

Jan 2019

People send themselves to a Hell of their own making. As a Buddhist, I don't believe in a creator God. I also don't believe that there is a physical Hell that you can locate on a map. Hell, and also Heaven, are mental states. Have you ever been in a situation that felt like pure Hell? Well that's Hell.

In Vajrayana Buddhism, Hell is the lowest realm of samsara, the state of mental delusion and suffering. There is a freezing Hell and a Burning Hell, actually 18 Hells, but I can't remember what all of them are. The predominant negative mental states of Hell are anger and most especially hatred.

The way to get out of Hell, should you find yourself there, is to practice compassion. For example, if someone is carrying a big heavy stone, offer to carry it for a while, he he sits down to rest a bit.

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Why would a loving God send people to Hell? [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2019 OP

It's all made up Blues Heron Jan 2019 #1

Was it "insane" for Thomas Jefferson to believe the following: Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #23

TJ was pretty insane Blues Heron Jan 2019 #28

He thought it ws alright to love them And own them as property Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #44

Ascertains, however popular, are not proof of any truth. gtar100 Jan 2019 #32

You imagine your hell, your demons and heaven, you don't see them Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #45

You have seen heaven and hell? MarvinGardens Jan 2019 #56

They are all around you. gtar100 Jan 2019 #58

I do not see them. MarvinGardens Jan 2019 #60

thank gawd im an A....... samnsara Jan 2019 #2

Most people are atheists! Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #18

The whole point of religion is to control people Major Nikon Jan 2019 #3

That it is used that way doesn't make it "the whole point". gtar100 Jan 2019 #33

Regardless of how you think it should be used, it's still a control mechanism Major Nikon Jan 2019 #35

You're still assuming "the whole point" is control of the masses. gtar100 Jan 2019 #36

Do you have an example of another use? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #37

Yes, the expression of gratitude for being alive and connecting gtar100 Jan 2019 #39

What you are describing is personal belief, not religion Major Nikon Jan 2019 #40

If he is a loving God why do people have diseases? blueinredohio Jan 2019 #4

+100 Duppers Jan 2019 #61

Why would a child pull wings off a fly? eShirl Jan 2019 #5

Lack of empathy for other living beings. gtar100 Jan 2019 #34

A god is the child and mere mortals are the bugs. eShirl Jan 2019 #42

I heard a burning hell was never mentioned in doc03 Jan 2019 #6

In the Book of Luke, Jesus mentioned it. Mariana Jan 2019 #19

There was a TV program about the origin of hell on the History channel? doc03 Jan 2019 #43

It's not logical at all, is it? MineralMan Jan 2019 #7

It's a metaphor Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #8

Ecclesiastes 3 ESV saidsimplesimon Jan 2019 #9

Answer please Duppers Jan 2019 #62

Religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question. walkingman Jan 2019 #10

See my response # 23 above Liberal Insights Jan 2019 #24

all knowing, all loving, all powerful Evergreen Emerald Jan 2019 #11

God pamdb Jan 2019 #12

I remember why back when being told by a clergyman packman Jan 2019 #13

So edhopper Jan 2019 #21

My position has always been that man sends himself to Hell. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #14

That's the "hell is separation from God," Igel Jan 2019 #25

I think it's called "free will." JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #48

Which rules? Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #27

Seems a sort of silly question. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #49

Then I have no idea what you meant Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #57

Judgment Day is a day spent in a hall of mirrors. gtar100 Jan 2019 #38

Well, God is Vengence (if you happen to believe in those sort of things) Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2019 #16

People send themselves to hell Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #17

Not if they were created by a god that is all-powerful and all-knowing LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #20

So they volunteer to be tortured for eternity Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #26

If you watch "The Good Place" edhopper Jan 2019 #22

My idea of hell is circumscribed. Igel Jan 2019 #29

God doesn't send people to Hell. vlyons Jan 2019 #30

First let's scour the Bible for proof that what the Bible says Croney Jan 2019 #31

I was taught that God is all-powerful and all-knowing, past, present and future. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #41

Thus denying free will... uriel1972 Jan 2019 #46

True... There is no free will... There is allowed will. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #47

There can't even be that. All actions and choices would have been known prior to creation, LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #53

Not as brain-busting as you think. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #50

Carlin made that point. nycbos Jan 2019 #52

"God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #54

😂 Duppers Jan 2019 #63

As co creators of our life, WhiteTara Jan 2019 #55

Of all the weird things about the Abrahamic religions Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #59