Comments on: The Myths of Hell and Eternal Damnation https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:15:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comment-70559 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:15:26 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312#comment-70559 Fascinating! Who knew all this history of the word hell? I sure didn’t.

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By: Juanita Bongartz-Perry https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comment-39575 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:54:21 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312#comment-39575 In reply to Deborah Crumbaker-Oldham.

Deborah, a very worthy question. I can only imagine that this will be each person’s experience of life and of the torturous journeys of much of humanity whether in our sexual lives or in the physical dimensions of slavery, torture, war and famine. There seems to be little choice for so many except for survival so I can only imagine that each soul is unique and each soul has a direct relationship with God and within each context God has a special loving relationship with that person and that is perhaps the only thing necessary is our individual relationship with God. I am only thinking as a parent who will love her children no matter what and forever and who will always understand them and try to be there always for them with Love.

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By: Juanita Bongartz-Perry https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comment-39574 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:43:25 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312#comment-39574 Dear David, I really loved this, thank you.

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By: Mark David Vinzens https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comment-39570 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:27:58 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312#comment-39570 We create our own heaven and hell by the choices we make. With every loving thought we create a heavenly atmosphere around us. The wise man creates his own heaven while the foolish man creates his own hell here and hereafter. But achieving perfection can take a long time. It is said that the Buddha spent countless eons cultivating the way of the bodhisattva. Our souls should be prepared for a long trip 🙂

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By: Carlos Hernández https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comment-39568 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:03:41 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312#comment-39568 In reply to Deborah Crumbaker-Oldham.

Deborah, yo no tengo respuesta a tus preguntas. Pero únicamente se que Dios es infinitamente misericordioso y que existe un secreto y sentido en cada cosa. Soy también Lgtq y no tengo respuesta a esto. Pero esto no es un impedimento para buscar cercania a Díos. DIOS SABE, NOSOTROS SOMOS IGNORANTES

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By: Deborah Crumbaker-Oldham https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comment-39566 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 18:39:24 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312#comment-39566 How do we get past Victorian and Puritanical ideas about sex and sexuality? Are we supposed to live lives devoid of desire and passion? If homosexuality is such a forbidden thing, if nonmarried sex is such a sin how is a person supposed to deal with it? Shall I cut off my withered limb because it offends me? Should I take my leprous form and cover it in shame and hide it away? Death is far preferable than the hell we are forced to live in for those of us that do not fit the neat little boxes. Oh yes Hell does exist and yes we each make our own right here. But I ask you why should I be born into hell when I had no choice in the matter? I did not choose to be LGBTQ, I did not choose to be born blind, deaf and twisted either.

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By: Behrooz Sabet https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comment-39564 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 17:55:08 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312#comment-39564 Excellent!

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