Debate: Life after death
Side: No, it is not possible

Not all Jews and Christian go to heaven its people who serve God and do his will and believe that Jesus Christ is God. If they repent for what they did and do not do again and turn away and never do it again then they are saved.Thanks, I just wanted to clear that up. So, if a person repents of their sin, falls on their knees and cries out to God to save them of their sins, is that how they are saved? That is what my church told visitors on Sundays when I used to go to church, is that about how it goes?Here all the Bible verses that talk about HellConsidering the length of this following post, and the fact that it digresses from the OP, I feel obligated to advise any other readers to proceed at their own discretion.  Deu 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.The Hebrew word translated to Hell in this passage is “sheol” which is more accurately translated as “grave.”2 Sam 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;Again “sheol” is “grave.” Job 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?Sheol, grave. And also the book of Job is not meant to be taken literally as with a lot of the Old Testament. It is called a “didactic poem” which is not an actual historical account, but a parable or legend used as a tool for teaching. Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Okay this is getting ridiculous.All the passages in the old testament where hell is mentioned in newer translations, it is a mistranslation from the word sheol which actually translates to “grave.” The belief at that time was that the body returned to the Earth and the spirit (breath) returned to God who gave it.Throughout the Old Testament we can see that the Hebrew people were constantly being exiled from lands, taking over land, being exiled again, taking back land and being taken over. It happens over and over again in their history and even to this day they fight over their land. It would be right to assume that through all of this the Hebrew people would be influenced by the many different cultures. Even so, the word wasn’t altered in the scriptures, it remained “grave,” or “sheol” as it is written in Hebrew, only the concept changed. Wouldn’t an inspired work of God remain consistent, not only in diction but in meaning as well?Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.Now here’s where it gets interesting… Not only is this a mistranslation, but it’s a mistranslation of a completely different word than in the Old Testament. The original word here is “Gehenna,” it’s not hell fire, but Gehenna fire. Gehenna is a greek word for the very large pit in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom outside of Jerusalem where the citizens would throw their refuse and where the poor (who couldn’t afford a proper funeral and burial) would take their deceased family members. This Gehenna fire was basically an ever burning garbage pit, which was established as a way to keep the city sanitary and stop the spread of diseases. Most of the time it was just a smoldering heap of coals until someone would have something to burn, then they would rake the coals, get a nice roaring fire going and burn away the trash or dead bodies.What’s particularly interesting about the Gehenna fire pit was that this was also a place where capital punishment was performed, or if a stoning would occur, the body was then thrown on the pit after being deemed unfit for proper burial. Proper burial was vastly important in that time considering a proper burial and blessing from the religious leader meant that a person’s spirit could be granted the opportunity to be one with the maker. When used as capital punishment, it was viewed as a lesser means to enact the punishment, the worst of course being a scourge followed by crucifixion. Another thing that the Gehenna fire was used for was a sacrificial pit for apostates who worshipped other gods such as Moloch to sacrifice their children and babies. It was a place that people feared no doubt, but a very real place that was here on Earth at one time, not a fictitious alternate realm.Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell…….Mark 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:The verses you listed in between these two show examples of the word hell being translated from “gehenna.”Luke 10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. In these verses, the word hell is translated from the word “Hades.” The New Testament was translated in large part from the Greek language which was the trade language at the time. Some words are not easily translated from one culture to another, not only that but Greece had a lot of influence over many cultures including the Roman Empire. Scholars even maintain that Jesus of Nazareth spoke Greek instead of Hebrew. Funny how a different culture such as Greek can have such a large effect on the so-called “inspired” word of God. If the Bible is inspired then it would only be reasonable to expect consistency. Instead, we get many translations and many meanings of this word “hell” throughout the history of the Bible. We go from sheol (grave) to gehenna (refuse pit) to Hades (Greek underworld) and finally to…2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;…Tartarus, both a Greek deity and in Greek mythology as a place within the underworld (Hades.)That’s four different words that all mean the same thing when translated to English. You may have a strong argument that the Bible is accurate, but certainly not if you are referring to the English translation, you would have to study ancient Hebrew, ancient Greek and, oh, here’s a thought… how about you research your own fucking religion?God gave us free will to believe in whatever you want to believe. So if you choose to be a atheist then that's your choice to be it and when you made that decision you set yourself up for hell not God.My position is that a person doesn’t choose those things. An atheist doesn’t choose to be an atheist, he sees no evidence in the existence of a god so they take the default position that ‘because there is no evidence, God does not exist.” There’s little choice if any involved. Even those who seemingly choose to believe that there is a god are not choosing that on their own volition, they are basing that belief on what they were taught, by the family they had no choice in having, who were born in the country they had no choice in being born in, which formed on a planet which nobody had the choice in its creation.I didn’t choose to be created, by God or otherwise, so how can one rightly say that I have free will? Any choice I make from the day I was created wouldn’t be possible without a choice my parents made; I had no choice in that. And their parents before them, and so on. Even if you can somehow manage to get around that fact, consider that every choice was made with some sort of incentive, this incentive causes the alternative being made. There is no such thing as free will; I bet you wouldn’t even be able to find it in scripture. Every choice a person makes is determined by a causal factor. You can think that you chose to eat vanilla over chocolate ice cream, but what caused that choice? It could be that someone is allergic to chocolate; did they choose to be allergic?