Originally Posted by thegandyman
Heaven and Hell?? are you serious?
You're asking people all over the world to start talking about this?
If you're catholic, ask your preist and even he will try to skirt the question.
It's all about faith. In order to have faith that there's a heaven, there needs to be an equal and opposite plain of existence. If it weren't for fear of hell Evil would be more prevailant for two reasons, firstly... If Evil isn't in Hell, it has to be here among us. and secondly... People would have nothing to fear as repercussion.
If you have faith then you believe blindly. If you truly have faith then no matter what you hear from others, Hell is a very real place.
I must disclaim however that while I took religious studies and religious education for many years I am an athiest. I do not believe in heaven, hell, white utopian paradises or firey pits.