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struggle4progress

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18. The English word is sometimes presumed to come from the name of a Nordic goddess,

Reply to LostOne4Ever (Reply #16)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:17 PM

Apr 2013

unlikely to be related to Zoroastrianism. And various non-western cultures, such as Tibetan Buddhism, also often have notions that are translated into English as "hell," again unlikely to be related to Zoroastrianism

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When was hell created?? ... And by Whom?? [View all] Angry Dragon Apr 2013 OP

October 7, 1996 by Rupert Murdoch. rug Apr 2013 #1

LMAFO!!!! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #12

Actually, you might be interested to notice that heaven is hotter than hell... as this article shows Vietnameravet Apr 2013 #2

that's great.. thx! \n Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #10

your mind, when you were 7, by your parents rurallib Apr 2013 #3

By Middle-Eastern goat-herders, about 3,000 years ago. n/t backscatter712 Apr 2013 #4

I don't know when but it was by the avid for power chap who had just lost a wrasslin match to be dimbear Apr 2013 #5

If I recall correctly LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #6

The notion that the dead go somewhere has re-occurred in many cultures struggle4progress Apr 2013 #7

as have dragons. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #8

Hmm. I'm not sure what that has to do with the OP, which struggle4progress Apr 2013 #9

you appeared to have made an argument ad populum for "an afterlife". Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #11

No, what I actually did was to point out what an ill-formed question the OP asked struggle4progress Apr 2013 #14

Hell's just some place dead people go? Iggo Apr 2013 #13

If the OP intended a more specific discourse, perhaps a more precise question would have been struggle4progress Apr 2013 #15

Actually LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #16

The English word is sometimes presumed to come from the name of a Nordic goddess, struggle4progress Apr 2013 #18

Im afraid you are mistaken LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #19

If you wish to find Zoroastrian influences in northern Europe, more would be required struggle4progress Apr 2013 #20

Then I guess LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #21

In which mythology or belief? Meshuga Apr 2013 #17