Comments on: Heaven and Hell, According to Various Religions.

By: Charles Bucolicowski

Charles Bucolicowski — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:30:07 +0000

Linux is heaven. Windows is hell. Mac is just Debian Linux with a crappy GUI.

By: temujinx

temujinx — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:05:37 +0000

In order to understand or believe of somethings that are not visible but yet exist is a matter of faith…blindfaith. Has anyone ever seen the air we breath…oxygen in scientific finding is described as…of course you have to go to school to know this cause im not telling. Heaven and Hell in scientific finding? Well, we have not been able to even explore the earth totally yet have we? Or, we have not even the technology yet to travel to the deepest seabed. Lets not be judgemental and have faith…in what? When you are in trouble like for example someone is about to blow your head wide open…What would you be doing at the verge of this? Pray…?Hope…?Beg…?Do you think any miracle would likely to happen at the time as in lifesaver. Who saves life? Why must it be taken away when it is your life?Who dares to take it away? The guy with the gun?Whatever for and where will he be keeping it?Anyone able to answer this?Lets just stop right here and think before we go any further like…Heaven or Hell?

By: pIYUSH pATEL

pIYUSH pATEL — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:51:37 +0000

JSK
WHAT ALL HERE WRITTEN ABOUT HELL OR HEAVEN ACCORDING TO ONES BORN PARENTAL RELIGION COMES FROM ANCIENT TIMES, ONE IS BORN AND STARTS FOLLOWING THE SAME WHICH IS AROUND HIM OR HER TO BE TAUGHT AND UNDERSTOOD.
NOW WITHOUT THE PRESENT PURE KNOWLEDGE, ONE CAN NOT JUDGE THE WAYS AQQUIRED AFTER END OF BODY.
BUT ONE SHOULD BELIVE IN IT FIRMLY THAT WHAT ALL RELEGION SAYS, ELSE ALL HUMANS ARE BORN NATURRALY THE SAME WAY, SO ONE BODY GETS BIRTH AND AT THE END IT WILL WORK THE SAME WAY FOR ALL…………..ONLY RELIGION QUOTES WILL DIFFER………….JAI SHREE KRISHNA

By: Anonymus

Anonymus — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:24:31 +0000

I agree with greekgod! there. Hades (the place) doesn’t necessesarily equal hell and Hades (the god) isn’t the equivalent of the Christian devil (like what Hollywood would have us to believe).

Hades (the god) isn’t demonic nor benevolant. His only purpose is to rule over the dead and only gives mercy to others if he want to.

Hades (the place) is the AFTERLIFE of the Greeks. It’s where the souls of the dead go when they’re finished in this life. As what greekgod! has explained there, there are 3 sections of Hades beyond the river Styx:
- The Ashphodel Fields are for those ordinary souls who didn’t do much in their previous lives. It’s like purgatory, but you don’t get to clean up your sins.
- The Elysian Fields is the ancient Greek version of heaven. Here dead heroes and souls who were exceptionally good stayed here after they died.
- Tartarus. Now THIS is the Greek version of hell. This is where the souls are punished.

As you can see, Underworld does not necessarily equal to hell.

Anyway great article.

By: Sam Hart

Sam Hart — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:09:19 +0000

And each religion teaches that the others are wrong. Religion is politics and intimidation. The only people who gain from it are those at the top who use those at the bottom.

By: greekgod!

greekgod! — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:10:50 +0000

In greek mythology hades was not a place of eternal punishment for evildoers. The underworld consisted of three parts:
- The Ashphodel fields. Here the ordinary souls went after death, living a plain and mechanical existence.
- the Elysian fields. Heroes and truly good souls ended up the elysian islands.This was a place of paradise.
- Tartarus. this is where damned souls went to be punished for their wrong-doing, and where threats to the gods were locked up.

By: mythologyperson

mythologyperson — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:16:05 +0000

Oh yeah… CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE WRITE IN ENGLISH HERE. WE WANT TO U.N.D.E.R.S.T.A.N.D HERE!!!

Anyway, this way a great way to explain how each religion’s hell and heaven works.

By: mythologyperson

mythologyperson — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:12:33 +0000

Hades, the god, looks scary. The picture of him isn’t on this website, but you should go look for it. To tell the truth, he looks like some demon, no ofense.

By: geraldine

geraldine — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:27:22 +0000

wa r u chatin aba religion 4 u mongs god get a life

By: metin

metin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:53:18 +0000

Türkiye’den selam ve sevgilerle..

By: Cintakumara

Cintakumara — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:26:15 +0000

Nice imformation. Hoping that you can elaborate more according to the opinion of each religion.

By: Rajinder

Rajinder — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:49:34 +0000

All the religions interpret the concept of hell or heaven as per depicted in the holy books of their own religions.If we go little bit above these descriptions.i feel, it is simply a notion that those who accepts life as it comes and do not interfere the natural flow of gods orders and they have been chanting the name of god every moment in their hearts,they are just in heaven and vice versa in hell.There is no specific place where the god sits in the court and evaluate the sins and good doings of the masses.

By: mp3ler

mp3ler — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:06:41 +0000

You posted a picture of Muhammad!!!! Now all hell is gonna break loose! WAY TO GO.

By: Ed Viswanathan

Ed Viswanathan — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:25:33 +0000

You are 100% stating ” Eastern religions donâ€™t really have notions of heaven like those in the West. Instead, they usually offer some kind of release from illusion and suffering in the present world. ”

Heaven & Hell are very important in Islam & Christianity. In Hinduism they are NOT important.

â€œ The words heaven and hell have connotations that have crept in as a result of exposure to western cultureâ€ even though the words heaven [SWARGA ] & hell [NARAKA ] appear in Rig Veda.

Only thing I infer from reading Vedas & Upanishads, is heaven [SWARGA ] and hell [NARGA ] are NOT permanent places where soul rests but â€œway stationsâ€ for short sojourn. After that they come back to earth again to continue their life.

Manâ€™s problem is his ignorance of his true nature that he is the immortal soul due to MAYA [illusion] and until and unless he realizes that he is the immortal soul â€“ ATMAN within and not the perishable body, he will continuously undergo going to heaven & hell.

Adi Sankara stated, even celestial beings crave to have a human body since only being a human one can attain self-realization.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:28:43 +0000

Nothing about Cthulhu?!

Heathens! Bow down to the Elder God!!

*thunder crashes and puppies and kittens combust into flames*

Bwahahahahaha!! O_o

By: thegr8uv

thegr8uv — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:07:18 +0000

The concepts of heaven and hell for Hinduism in this article are not entirely accurate. ‘Samsara’ merely means the world. Hindu’s do have concepts of heaven and hell. Hell or ‘Narak’ is a place ruled by the God Yama. Unlike other religions, Yama is not ‘Satan’, but a God, i.e he is not evil. He is virtuous and torments evil doers and lets good humans pass to heaven. He is assisted by an ‘accountant of doings’ called Chitragupta.

Heaven is more complicated. According to Hinduism, there are 7 levels of heaven. Samsara being the lowest level, that is the mortal earth. The level that all other religions associate with heaven is called ‘Swarg’ which is place of plenty and happiness. The highest level is God or ‘Brahman’ himself, when the spirit becomes one with God, and is thus relieved from the cycle of birth and death, i.e attains ‘Moksha’.

By: beajerry

beajerry — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:45:25 +0000

I didn’t know Dora The Explorer is based on The Way To Nirvana!

Swiper is the devil.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:19:14 +0000

Thankyou, Jacques. Your comment was the straw that broke the camel’s back of my belief in heaven and hell. Lucky you were here to tell me there is no god. Otherwise I would have walked around in ignorance for the rest of my life. Fantastic post, Jacques.

By: Jacques

Jacques — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:46:26 +0000

Seven examples of religious lunacy to comfort me while enjoying a glass of Cotes du Rhone on a friday night. There is no god, idiots.

By: astanhope

astanhope — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:40:21 +0000

Neat roundup. Needs some tuning by those heathens over at Mental Floss. See you guys in purgatory!

By: LeSigh

LeSigh — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:05:34 +0000

Funny how he only presents the Western Christian view of heaven and hell. Eastern Orthodox Christians have an entirely different view on the whole kit and kaboodle. Hell and heaven are the same ‘place’, standing before God. God himself is the fire, and one’s relation to God determines whether they experience His presence as paradise (heaven) or agony (hell).

By: ch1ll3v

ch1ll3v — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:29:31 +0000

You posted a picture of Muhammad!!!! Now all hell is gonna break loose! WAY TO GO.

By: L.B. Jeffries

L.B. Jeffries — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:25:19 +0000

Kuros beat me to it. This guy has clearly never read the Odyssey if that’s what he thinks the Greek Afterlife is like.

By: L.B. Jeffries

L.B. Jeffries — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:24:45 +0000

Kuro

Beat me to it. Hades isn’t a place of torment except for special few assholes. Mostly it’s just a bunch of dudes sitting around chatting about how much better life was when they were alive. It isn’t a punishment, it’s just funner to be alive. Like Achilles said, it’s better to be a dirt farmer than King of the Underworld.

By: loorah

loorah — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:46:13 +0000

… Jews don’t really HAVE a hell. Just heaven. The “bad people” go to a different part of heaven is all. No burning in the core of the earth for the Jews!

By: HappyChap

HappyChap — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:16:05 +0000

Hell

By: james

james — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:43:55 +0000

which one do you go to if you dont believe in heaven or hell? quick i need saving.

By: charles

charles — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:47:14 +0000

intersting story.

By: Runa

Runa — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:43:22 +0000

Interesting article,

unlikely there’s nothing about nordic mythology, with Walhol and Hel.

By: Kuro

Kuro — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:05:33 +0000

“Hades represents the place of eternal punishment for evildoers”
Not really. The Hades is a normal place for the dead to “live” in. The Tartarus is the place where “evildoers” and more frequently all those who offended or fought against the Gods are taken and eternally kept or punished.

By: security

security — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:28:26 +0000

Good article,

Here is an interesting image for Purgatory

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pur_18.jpg