This week we are daring to trek on the bridge to Hell. Maybe you think as a collective we are fully in Hell mode as of late. Is Earth the Hell realm as some believe? Or is the only Hell concocted in our minds? What do near death experiencers have to say about Hell? What religions besides Christianity preach about Hell? Is the message the same or different?
And most important for those little sizzlers out there like myself, how do we avoid Hell altogether?
Let's get into it.
Hell 101
Let's begin with a little Hell 101. Or for tender ears H-E-double hockey sticks.
From Brittanica dot com comes this definition; "Hell, in many religious traditions, is the abode, usually beneath the earth, of the unredeemed dead or the spirits of the damned. In its archaic sense, the term hell refers to the underworld, a deep pit or distant land of shadows where the dead are gathered. From the underworld come dreams, ghosts, and demons, and in its most terrible precincts sinners pay—some say eternally—the penalty for their crimes. The underworld is often imagined as a place of punishment rather than merely of darkness and decomposition because of the widespread belief that a moral universe requires judgment and retribution—crime must not pay. More broadly, hell figures in religious cosmologies as the opposite of heaven, the nadir of the cosmos, and the land where God is not. In world literature the journey to hell is a perennial motif of hero legends and quest stories, and hell itself is the preeminent symbol of evil, alienation, and despair."
Show Sources (what to read/listen/watch NEXT)
What is Hell? from Brittanica.com
Peter Schuurman.com - The Problem with Saying We Go to Heaven
13 Locations Where You Can Travel to Hell and Back, TravelAtelier.com
17 Places That Are Actual Gates of Hell on Earth, Forbes
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