Does The Bible Contradict It's self?

so you don't believe in hell, do you believe in heaven?

I believe we all return to God because we all came from God..What that is would be interesting to find out...There are many who have had near death experiences that give us glimpses of what is there, and they aren't all Christians.

yeah, ive never really heard a full account from someone like that, but i get it.

and i also have my doubts about hell, because if everthing the bible says is true, then why would satan torture the people god sends down to him in hell? that would just be doing what god wants. if their was a hell, i would think satan would form an army and try to overrule god and all heaven. but hey! what do i know. i DO believe their is a satan however, and that is why we are tempted to sin.

Originally posted by fruits
yeah, ive never really heard a full account from someone like that, but i get it.

and i also have my doubts about hell, because if everthing the bible says is true, then why would satan torture the people god sends down to him in hell? that would just be doing what god wants. if their was a hell, i would think satan would form an army and try to overrule god and all heaven. but hey! what do i know. i DO believe their is a satan however, and that is why we are tempted to sin.

Well the torturing people in hell is not even in the Bible at all...That was made up..

yeah, im just going witht the basic thoughts of the christian community

OK....I agree, many people really do believe that! I've always wondered where this "Hell" is. When I was a kid I believed it was in the center of the earth.. 😂

yeah, i always thought it was underground, but you gotta think about it, where's heaven? its not like its a physical place where you can get to by plane or something, its like a state of being. i think if hell exists its like thi stoo

sry, double post

Originally posted by fruits
yeah, i always thought it was underground, but you gotta think about it, where's heaven? its not like its a physical place where you can get to by plane or something, its like a state of being. i think if hell exists its like thi stoo

Well everyone sees a white light...Though I hear that Jews see a blue light..not sure why...I've read that because of our confusion down here that we are kinda gently provided what ever we expect to see, just as the Buddhist see something different from what we see. Heaven could possible another dimension. That would explain some paranormal things. things being in dimensions.

that mkes sense. another dimension. because they exist. but then you never know, hell could be anotheer dimension as well

That wouldn't make sense for Hell, because the Bible says there is no place where God is not, so God would also have to be in hell.

Originally posted by debbiejo
I found out that the Holy Roman Church manipulated which writings were to be included in the cannon of scripture..There were over 100 different writings..I found out why they did it and I found out why they picked the ones the did include...I found out that their is no hell...It was a control tactic used by the church to gain power and money..And that Jesus when talking about such things was referring to his own time, but there are threads about that with links.

Sad but true.

Originally posted by fruits
yeah, im just going witht the basic thoughts of the christian community

Most of the Christian communities idea of hell comes from Dantes Inferno and Paradise Lost.

And in the 19th century. Johnathan Edwards sermon "In the hands of an angry God."

The bible doesn't contradict itself as much as people think it does. Peoples interpretations of the bible contradict themselves all over the place but they'll stick to their own private interpretation. I think people contradict themselves the bible doesn't.

the bible do contradict itself

Originally posted by debbiejo
I believe we all return to God because we all came from God..What that is would be interesting to find out...There are many who have had near death experiences that give us glimpses of what is there, and they aren't all Christians.

guess Trekkies and christians have things in common then

Actualy it would be more like star wars and a lot of wiccans have the same belife.

Originally posted by markie
I think you've been watching too much star trek.

It's true.....People see what ever their preconceived minds let them see....I think It's to make the next dimension/afterlife easier to assimilate....until you finally get it....I think we are all parts of the Creator...and we create, especially after we shed this skin that's holding us back.....Life is only an experience we've chosen.....It's not what's really real...It's just a short time....people forget that...they think this is real...and the after life is not....

They forget that a seed doesn't become a tree overnight...It's a struggle....they curse the experience of it instead seeing that they are now A MIGHT OAK......This is what life is made of...