Is the reason hell is described as a fiery place, in Christianity, because in the place and time the Bible…?

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…was written, it was always really warm out and people probably saw a lot of people die from heat, or burned people at the stake? This is likely the case for Islam, too, although it could just be because Islam came from Christianity (along with other religions). I'm sure if the Bible was written in the arctic, hell would be described as a very cold place.

Answer 1

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An interesting theory, I can certainly see arctic-heaven being full of fire and warmth. I think though that all cultures will look into a fire and imagine being inside that and the pain that would cause. Death from hypothermia involves a lot of numbness and confusion of the mind, to me that does not seem as bad as death by fire.

It's very possibly the Western cultural influences nudging me to be critical, I'm just providing my opinion and you could use this to develop the idea further... if I've said anything intelligent.

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True, but if you were being burned alive, the fire would eventually burn away your nerves so you'd no longer feel the pain, which would result in numbness (I learned this in "The Hunger Games"). I'd say they're probably about the same.

Answer 2

Well I can clearly see you have not given the Holy Bible the time of day, hell is not cast into the lake of fire as of yet. And the scientits will verify the center of the earth is NOT on fire,

Re:20:14: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

The lake of fire is ready and waiting, even a retard can see streams from the lake of fire coming out of volcanoes. So pucker up buttercup.

Re:19:20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Re:20:10: And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Re:20:14: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Re:20:15: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Answer 3

Fire in the Bible means either total destruction or purification. Not a place of torment.

Hell is just the grave.

In ancient Babylonian and Assyrian beliefs the “nether world . . . is pictured as a place full of horrors, and is presided over by gods and demons of great strength and fierceness.” (The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Boston, 1898, Morris Jastrow, Jr., p. 581) Early evidence of the fiery aspect of Christendom’s hell is found in the religion of ancient Egypt. (The Book of the Dead, New Hyde Park, N.Y., 1960, with introduction by E. A. Wallis Budge, pp. 144, 149, 151, 153, 161) Buddhism, which dates back to the 6th century B.C.E., in time came to feature both hot and cold hells. (The Encyclopedia Americana, 1977, Vol. 14, p. 68) Depictions of hell portrayed in Catholic churches in Italy have been traced to Etruscan roots.—La civiltà etrusca (Milan, 1979), Werner Keller, p. 389.
But the real roots of this God-dishonoring doctrine go much deeper. The fiendish concepts associated with a hell of torment slander God and originate with the chief slanderer of God (the Devil, which name means “Slanderer”), the one whom Jesus Christ called “the father of the lie.”—John 8:44.

The word “hell” is found in many Bible translations. In the same verses other translations read “the grave,” “the world of the dead,” and so forth. Other Bibles simply transliterate the original-language words that are sometimes rendered “hell”; that is, they express them with the letters of our alphabet but leave the words untranslated. What are those words? The Hebrew she’ohl' and its Greek equivalent hai'des, which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek ge'en·na, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction. However, both in Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished (and some believe that this is with torment).

Answer 4

Well, being burned alive freaking HURTS I'd assume...and fire is all consuming and destructive and yes, I suppose you have a point about the climate, for example the Arabic version of the vampire comes out during high noon when its most dangerous in the desert...

Answer 5

Revelation 20:10 Hell is described as lake of burning sulphur

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Answer 6

Actually, Hell as a fiery place comes from the valley of Hinnon, where the city garbage was taken and burned.

Answer 7

I don't question that and also I know it is bad to be burned. Open your eyes my friend

Answer 8

Maybe you are right... but here you have the Bible scoop on Hell...

Some Christians will get a virtual first row seat in Heaven to enjoy watching how ALL their unbelieving relatives and all people who NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS CHRIST THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD are going to be tormented in a “sulfuric lake of fire” that God created in a “bottomless pit” below the flat Bible Earth to run, maintenance free, for ever and ever for zillions of years.

After his crucifixion, Jesus Christ was sent there for a 3 day inspection tour and found NO GLITCHES to report.

There is no other clue of what the Hell Jesus ever accomplished in Hell (1Pet3:19).

BTW, in his own masochistic fetish Jesus calls Hell, PARADISE (Luk23:43)!

Jesus never worked in FIRE AND RESCUE to know anything about saving human life.

He makes a mockery of moron Christians of the wrong Church brand for missing the “strait gate” or for not finding the “narrow way” to Heaven, so they end up in Hell (Mat7:13-14).

Luk 16:23-25
(Sweet Jesus says) And being in torments in Hell, he*
(*not any gay, atheist, or abortionist, but a GOD CURSED RICH JEW relative of Jesus that he came to “save”)

lifted up his eyes*
(*in Hell)

and saw Abraham afar off*
(*way up in the sky beyond the last seen galaxy)

and Lazarus*
(*a poor Jewish bum)

in his bosom*
(*that’s Heaven! In Christian mythology anybody DOWN in Hell will recognize everybody UP in Heaven, and vise versa! Any Christian that married more than once may see the better spouse DOWN in Hell, not UP in Heaven with them. Jesus was teaching to HATE almost everybody, especially family members, so they can feel comfortable in Heaven -Luk14:26,Mat10:37)

“Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham*
(*Abraham was in charge of Heaven until Saint Peter took over -Mat6:19. Jesus officially gave him the keys of Heaven and Hell -Rev1:18 before kicking Abraham in the butt)

have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame*
(*there is no fresh water in Hell, aka Lake of Fire. Christians in Heaven will have fun sticking a wet big finger up in the air at them)

But Abraham said, ‘Son*
(*Abraham attempted the murder of his own son Isaac. Now he is the sarcastic ancestor of this rich Jew in Hell! Nobody in Heaven has the least compassion for any relative in Hell! The Clergy is promising Christians that the memory of their family will be erased in Heaven…)

REMEMBER*
(*Oops sorry! but Jesus says that in Heaven and Hell everybody will keep their memory intact for zillions of years; or else Heaven wouldn’t be any fun!)

that in your lifetime you received your good things*
(*in this big story, “sin” is to be rich unless you tithe 10%, of course!)

and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted*
(*for ever and ever because all his life he was PAYING TITHES -Mar12:42-43)

and you are tormented*
(*for zillions of years, so all the Christians, Jesus and the angels and God will have fun watching)

Luk 19:27
(Jesus’ enemies include the rich bankers) But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them*
(*BULL CRAP!!!)

–bring them here and kill them in front of me!*

Joh 6:15
Jesus, knowing that they*
(*all kinds of Jews!)

intended to come and make him KING BY FORCE, withdrew AGAIN*
(*it happened all the time, like in all the RAPTURE stories we hear)

to a mountain by himself*
(*God was working on a new Religion for the Roman Empire and they needed a non-Jewish oriented Jesus)

Mal 3:9-10
(God says) YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE—the whole Nation of you*
(*all Israel, all Jews)

because you are ROBBING ME* (*$$$). Bring the whole TITHE*
(*10% of all income)

into the STOREHOUSE*
(*Temple Treasury)

that there may be FOOD IN MY HOUSE*
(*God doesn’t go for animal sacrifices any more!)

Mat 25:41
(Jesus is shouting at the JEWS that he came to save) Depart from me, YE CURSED*
(*Jesus hates the Jews for robbing God, i.e. shortchanging the Clergy!)

into everlasting fire*
(*not into a hole in the ground like the JW Elders prefer)

prepared for the devil and his angels.

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In Christian mythology God not SATAN, but God will personally supervise the torments in Hell!

Rev 14:10-11
(Jesus says) "he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.*
(*boozer God talk)

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=He will be tormented with BURNING SULFUR*
(*God’s favorite torture!)

in the presence of the holy angels*
(*and all Christians in Heaven)

and of the Lamb*
(*the Queer Bastard Jesus Christ)

and the smoke of their TORMENT rises for ever and ever!*
(*FOR ZILLIONS AND ZILLIONS OF YEARS, as a monument of God’s Intelligent Design -Luk12:5)

God FOREORDAINED his “only begotten Son Jesus Christ” to be beaten to a pulp full of Roman soldiers’ spit before getting nailed to a Holy Roman Cross to make all this fun possible for ever (1Pet1:19-20,Rev2:23)!

POLITICAL leaders in the USA know that most Christian BRANDS have a common trait that can be exploited to their advantage!

But the Clergy is still the one benefitting the most, because without them religion wouldn’t exist!