First of all, God is love (1 John 4:8), and that would certainly not be a loving thing to do. Also, according to Jeremiah 7:31, that idea never came up into God’s heart.

The word Hell comes from the Hebrew word, Sheol, and the Greek word, Hades. These 3 words all refer to the common grave of mankind (Job 14:13, Dy; Rev. 20:13, 14, AV).

Interestingly, the Bible says that Jesus Christ went to hell when he died. (Acts 2:27) And Job actually begged God to send him to hell where he would then patiently wait to be raised at a later time. (Job 14:13,14)

According to the scriptures, when we die, we are totally unconscious, in a sleep-like state (Eccl 9:5,10), where we await the time when Jesus will call us out to a resurrection on a paradise earth. (Psalm 37:11,29; John 5:28,29; Rev 21:4)

So we ALL go to hell.

Although you may not choose to look up the verses cited above for yourself, at least now you know that Jehovah’s Witnesses (who go by the Bible, not traditions handed down by men) absolutely do not believe in eternal torment in a burning hellfire. So if that’s the hell your visitors were speaking of, it was definitely not a Witness at your door.

(For more info on what J’s Ws believe, click on http://www.watchtower.org/e/jt/article_03.htm)

We had a pair of Mormon missionaries stop by the other day. Me, my butch gf, Deb, her baby dyke gf, and a brawny football playing butch friend were all standing on the porch when they walked up. I took the opportunity to question them about their church’s funding of PropHate. My football playing friend told them, “I’m a pagan, but I know that God made me this way and loves me for who I am. Too bad your church can’t accept that.” They didn’t stick around for the lesson in tolerance, acceptance and sisterly love.

Greg: I’d like to purchase a pair of tix and I’ll totally be your navigator! I’m great with directions and maps…

Lady Brett, there was a seriously long and awkward pause in the sweet boy’s decision to go with ma’am but in fact he did go with it… so yes, I hold butch as an adjective and so I guess I have to make room for the world to as well. But ouch, right? I mean, when in doubt, go with ‘miss’ for god’s sake!

twoladiesinwaiting, why is that so much worse!?! Maybe it’s because they are eluding to actually knowing that you are going there instead of just wishing for it?

greg, I’ll google the directions! I call shot gun! What an honor to have been deemed the driver of the bus to hell. I bet you could sell place holder tickets and sell out in minutes.

Someone once told me that I’d be the one driving the bus into hell. hmm I do like to drive but I’m terrible with directions.