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In reply to the discussion: If you believe in Heaven do you have to believe in Hell? [View all]okasha
(11,573 posts)20. There's a story from the Latin Kingdom
of Jerusalem that doesn't exactly answer your question but perhaps speaks to its context.
One night a Crusader priest was returning to his lodging after midnight. He met no one on the street except an elderly Sufi woman, who was carrying a torch in one hand and a pail of water with the other. «Grandmother,» said the priest, «where are you going so late at night, with no one to protect you?»
«My son,» she answered, «With the torch I am going to burn down the green trees of Paradise, and with the water I will put out the fires if Hell, so that men and women may love Allah for himself alone, and not for hope of reward or fear of punishment.»
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Unfotunately, most people seem to believe that their fantasy is the only right one....
Walk away
Mar 2013
#28
In at least some of the Old Testament days, the Israelis didn't believe in the afterlife.
backscatter712
Mar 2013
#35
This. Hell, and religion in general, are used by power-elites to scare and control people.
backscatter712
Mar 2013
#36
My Grandma didn't believe in Hell - like you, a loving God wouldn't do that to us.
OriginalGeek
Mar 2013
#34