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THE QUESTION
Heaven or Hell
Do you believe in heaven or hell? If not, why not? If so, who's going there and how do you know?
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on June 27, 2007 6:48 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Heaven and Hell, In the Abstract
In Judaism, we don’t dwell heavily on the next world because it is not something that we can do very much about.
Posted by Adin Steinsaltz, on July 3, 2007 10:37 AM
Hell Can't Hold a Candle to Heaven
Frankly, I almost never believe a believer in literal hell.
Posted by Martin Marty, on July 3, 2007 9:29 AM
Is This the Right Question?
“The Man upstairs, if any, will be kind to me. Never mention God to me again.” Our fisherman-neighbor on Cape Cod was packing 550 pounds of squid he’d just caught, and this was his reply to my asking him how...
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on July 3, 2007 8:28 AM
Peering Into the World of the Dead
Between the living and the dead is a great gulf, a mystery to all.
Posted by James Anderson, on July 3, 2007 7:24 AM
Directing Our Lives One Way or the Other
The simple answer to the heaven-and-hell question is “Yes.” Either we are directing our lives toward what the Westminster Catechism calls our “chief end,” namely, “to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever,” or we have turned away from a...
Posted by Richard Mouw, on July 2, 2007 3:49 PM
No One is Guaranteed a Free Pass into Heaven
My unwavering belief in humanity’s ultimate accountability before God is the driving force of my everyday existence. The importance of believing in an afterlife, for me, is not about assuming – rather foolishly – that one group of people have...
Posted by Hadia Mubarak, on July 2, 2007 12:43 PM
Not "Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing"
Is it likely that some of the most morally corrupt individuals in history are in hell? If there is a hell, it is likely.
Posted by Chester Gillis, on July 2, 2007 7:45 AM
Choices of Eternal Consequence
God doesn’t send anyone to hell.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on July 1, 2007 10:41 AM
Heaven: A Place of Learning and Growth
Everyone will be resurrected, and everyone will receive immortality.
Posted by Michael Otterson, on July 1, 2007 9:42 AM
Heaven is Hope's Address
Hell is a refuge for darkness and the absence of light, music and love.
Posted by Samuel Rodriguez, on July 1, 2007 8:47 AM
Bound for Glory
Where I come from, Jesus saves all but those who make a fully informed choice not to be saved.
Posted by Kathleen Flake, on June 29, 2007 8:44 AM
Einstein and Heaven?
If Einstein is correct and energy is neither created nor destroyed, we have energy and therefore in some basic way we continue. The concept of heaven and hell are helpful images of fulfillment or disintegration. Drawing upon my spiritual tradition...
Posted by Jim Cooper, on June 29, 2007 7:43 AM
Dreams of Heaven and Hell
The link between our unconscious and our visions of heaven and hell is one of the most fascinating and troubling areas to explore in the realm of faith.
Posted by Christopher Dickey, on June 29, 2007 6:56 AM
Hell is Other People; Heaven is Other Dogs
The unquenchable human thirst for life and for justice is what creates heaven.
Posted by Wendy Doniger, on June 28, 2007 9:32 AM
My Father's House
Do only Christians go to heaven? No, anyone who loves can go to heaven.
Posted by Thomas J. Reese, S.J., on June 28, 2007 8:28 AM
Spirits are Everywhere, not in Heaven or Hell
Heaven and Hell are not places, but forms of virtual reality.
Posted by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, on June 28, 2007 7:48 AM
Heaven on Earth
If God is love then God’s heaven is dwelling in that love.
Posted by Bob Edgar, on June 28, 2007 6:00 AM
Neither is The Final Destination
Heaven is important but it's not the end of the world.
Posted by Nicholas T. Wright, on June 27, 2007 9:53 AM
Abandon Hope, Who Enter Here
Yes, I believe in hell, and in heaven. I believe it because, like Dante, I see it here on earth.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on June 27, 2007 8:34 AM
Enough of Heaven and Hell
Oh, for heaven's sake. This question irritates the...inferno out of me. Of all the pointless, utterly childish notions associated with traditional religion, belief in eternal bliss in heaven or eternal damnation in hell surely tops the list....
Posted by Susan Jacoby, on June 27, 2007 7:03 AM
One-Way Tickets, Non-Refundable
Waiting to find out for sure is too late.
Posted by Cal Thomas, on June 27, 2007 6:13 AM
My Thought about Heaven and Hell
I believe hell is the total absence of God.
Posted by Gardner Calvin Taylor, on June 26, 2007 8:05 PM
FEATURED COMMENTS
w.irby: Tonio- I agree with a few things you have said. One in particular I just had to comment it. "My larger point is that there should be no such...
Tonio: Perry, I suspect you and I are using different definitions for "purpose of life." I suggest that each of us has an individual purpose that w...
Perry Clark: Tonio--
Greetings; with respect, please let me disagree with part of your comment. That the origin of all things has "no bearing" on "the ...
