The Non-Existence of Hell (Religion)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Thursday, September 30, 2010, 03:44 (5169 days ago) @ xeno6696

The Seven levels of hell. Haven't had to dicker with that in a while, but I'll give it a stab.-Three terms were used in the bible, all translated to the word 'hell' in English. Sheol, Gehenna, and Hades(in the Christian Greek Scriptures). -Sheol is directly translated to 'pit' or 'hole' and literally was the common grave.-Gehenna was a real place located outside of Jerusalem, where children where sacrificed to Moloch in the "valley of the son of Hinnom."-Hades is as we all know, the Greek version of the underworld, or the realm of the dead.-These words were not the source of the biblical hell. The biblical hell of fire and brimstone and all that goodness is from the book of Revelations.-20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death ... the lake of fire.--> If you learn more about Jewish Esoterica, you also realize that Gehenna and it's "Seven planes" marks the "Left hand Path" of the Sephiroth. (The Dark Side to the uninitiated.) -I am very familiar with the Ain-soph and the tree of Sephiroth, as well as the two pillars. However, I believe you have misunderstood the meaning behind those seven layers of 'hell'. That is a bleed over from Esoteric teachings, and it is the seven layers with the man is stripped of his impurities before he can be reborn.