The underwrold, The inferno, Hades, Sheol, the land of the dead, hell.
It has many names, but hell is regarded as a place where evil souls go to be punished
for all eternity.
But what if hell really existed?
What if, when you die, you really could be sent to a fiery inferno for the rest of time?
Today, life's biggest questions asks, what if hell was real.
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No one knows for sure what happens to your soul when you die.
Ideally it would be nice to think that your soul would end up in a better place, a happier
place.
But what about the souls that did not deserve to be sent to a happier place?
Where would they be sent?
Many civilizations across the world, throughout history, believed that hell really existed.
The greeks called it hades.
the egyptians called it the lake of fire.
The celtics called it Uffern.
Jews called it Sheol.
And christians call it hell.
There are various depictions of hell across many religions.
But, Hell typically is presented as a place that exists in another dimension beneath the
surface of the earth.
There are often entrances to hell from the land of the living.
According to the roman catholic church, one finds oneself in hell as a result of dying
in mortal sin without repenting and accepting god's merciful love, becoming eternally separated
from him by one's free choice.
Its believed by most that our modern concept of hell was put forward by 14th century writer
Dante Alighieri, who's epic poem, divine comedy, had a part called inferno, which describes
the circles of hell.
Alighieri didn't get his idea of hell from the bible, its likely that he got it from
various myth, norse, greek and germanic, which were eventually replaced by christianity.
According to christianity, Punishment in hell corresponds to the sins that were commited
during life.
Damned souls suffer for each sin that was committed, so if you were especially naughty,
you would be punished, essentially tortured the longest and the harshest.
There is no escape from hell.
And Alighieri described hell as a very awful place.
No surprise there.
He said, abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
Hell is a place of eternal pain, where people are chased by wasps and hornets, and maggots
and worms who feed on the blood, pus and tears of sinners.
ummm ok then.
thats not the least bit frightening.
And what i just told you was just the beginning, this was Alighieri's description of hell's
vestibule, another word for a lobby.
There are also other areas of hell, circles, where various sinners are sent . People who
committed suicide are turned into ugly trees and they spend eternity being eaten by hungry
birds.
If hell was real, and people knew about it, you can bet your bottom dollar that we would
see a lot less crime being committed in the world.
If people feared reprocussion for their misdeeds, they would feel less inclined to commit those
misdeeds in the first place.
Sure, while you're alive, you could get away with murder if you hide it well.
But the idea of your soul spending an eternity in a firey pit being poked with iron sticks?
Yeah that would make people think a lot harder about the bad choices they make.
But not everyone would be so inclined to be good if hell was real.
If hell was real we can reasonably assume that the devil is also real.
The devil is the ultimate personification of evil, and he is present in many cultures
and religious traditions.
The devil has many faces, and many names.
Lucifer, satan, mephistopheles.
The devil is a fallen angel, who is either blue black or red.
most of the time the devil has horns on his head, and resembles either a goat or a ram,
with the ears, nose and canines of a pig.
Definitely not cute.
But if the devil was real, perhaps that means that it would be possible to strike a deal
with the devil, if you could stand the sight of him.
We all hear of tales of people selling their souls to the devil for one reason or another.
Usually for great talent, favors or fame.
Legendary blues musician robert johnson claims that he met satan at a crossroads and gave
him his soul in exchange for becoming a master of the guitar.
Then there was Giuseppe Tartini, venetian violinist and composer who believed that his
Devil's Trill Sonata was inspired by the devil visiting him in a dream.
Pope sylvester the second, who, according to legend, made a pact with a female demon
called meridiana, who appeared when pope sylvester was rejected by his eartlhy love.
It is said that with the help of this demon, as well as playing dice with the devil, he
won the papacy.
If it really was true that you could make a deal with the devil to get practically anything
you wanted, whats to stop people from taking advantage of that power.
You could sell your soul to the devil in order to win a war, to become president, to become
famous, or to win the love of someone.
If this is true, there would be a substantial amount of people striking deals with the devil,
which would give him considerable power.
I'm going to wrap up on a lighter note by saying that if hell was real, then it also
can be reasonably assumed that heaven is also real, and so is god.
The devil is, after all, a fallen angel, where did the devil fall from if not heaven.
If god and heaven were real, that would mean that its entirely possible that your soul
could ascend to a better place.
It would also mean that god really does decide our fate, and we exist because of some divine
intervention.
But now i open up the question to you dear subscribers.
What if hell was real?
write your responses down in the comments, but for now i'm going to respond to some comments
from my last video, what really happened to michael jackson.
Don Vito - plot twist charlotte dobre is michael jackson. last time i checked im not.
if i were i'd be a far better dancer.
Zachary Gonzales - you rule chick, and sound beautiful and intelligent.
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Jack noga - i have a question, what would the world be like if religion never happened.
Thats a pretty difficult question to answer because there has always been some form of
religion or spiriuality.
I would imagine that without religion, our society would be much far less along.
Entire cultures wouldn't have adopted certain ideals in an effort to please the gods or
god.