View Single Post
Old 19-09-2007, 07:09 AM #25
Sticks's Avatar
Sticks Sticks is offline
Cyber Warrior
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Posts: 10,268


Sticks Sticks is offline
Cyber Warrior
Sticks's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Posts: 10,268


Default

According to Christian theology, and taken from Luke 16, When a person dies their soul goes to Hades, the Greek abode of the dead - good or bad, (The hebrew equivelant is Sheol). Hades is divided into two, Abraham's Bosom or Paradise where the Blessed dead are, and Torment where the others go. Some refer to this place as Tartarus, where in Greek Mythology, it was as far below Hades as the Earth was below Heaven. It was where the Titans who tried to overthrow Zeus were imprisoned. Tartarus is also mentioned in one of the Peter epistles as the place where angels who rebelled were kept in chains in darkness (interesting parallel with Greek Mythology)

At the end of time, those in Abraham's Bosom go to Heaven and those in Tartarus go to Gehenna (Hell). Incidentally Gehenna comes from the name of a valley South West of Jerusalem, where in Old Testament times, infant children were burned alive in sacrifice to the false god Molech. It subsequently became the local rubbish dump and was constantly burning a slow burn, hence the identification with the place of eternal punishment.

If you are in Christ you go to paradice and subsequently Heaven, otherwise you end up in Hell. In Christian theology, Hebrews 9:27 (If I have the right citation) rules out reincarnation, which is Hinduism, which I may discuss later.
Sticks is offline