Many Mormons with whom we have spoken object to an eternal hell on the basis that it would seem cruel for God to punish His own children in such a manner. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine , p. Mormon leaders have used terrifying language when speaking of the torment which comes with regret in the bottom two kingdoms of heaven. Apostle and popular church educator John Widtsoe wrote:. Not so. However generous the judgment, it is measured by our works. Our punishment will be the heavy regret that we might have received a greater reward, a higher kingdom, had our lives conformed more nearly to truth.
Such remorse may yield keener pain than physical torture. Within each group there will be many gradations and divisions, until from the lowest to the highest in all groups there will be a series of gradually ascending glories. Those who enter the terrestrial kingdom will have to go to some other sphere which will be prepared for them. Those who enter the telestial kingdom, likewise will have to go to some earth which is prepared for them, and there will be another place which is hell where the devil and those who are punished to go with him will dwell.
Of course, those who enter the telestial kingdom, and those who enter the terrestrial kingdom will have the eternal punishment which will come to them in knowing that they might, if they had kept the commandments of the Lord, have returned to his presence as his sons and his daughters.
This will be a torment to them, and in that sense it will be hell. Hence the saying, They shall go into the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. Individuals are damned whenever they are prevented from reaching their full potential as children of God. Damnation is falling short of what one might have enjoyed if one had received and been faithful to the whole law of the gospel. In this sense, all who do not achieve the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom are damned, even though they are saved in some degree of glory.
There are no progression between kingdoms. Spencer W. Kimball taught:. After a person has been assigned to his place in the kingdom, either in the telestial, the terrestrial, or the celestial, or to his exaltation, he will never advance from his assigned glory to another glory. That is eternal! Kimball , p. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine , , p. The Bible teaches that there is only one of two possible destinations awaiting mankind after death: eternal punishment or eternal life.
To those who have been justified by faith and received the righteousness of Christ applied to their account, there awaits a glorious eternity in heaven. Some would like to think that a loving Christ would never punish the unbeliever in such a manner. Such a conclusion fails to take into account that it was Christ Himself who made such a pronouncement!
To assume otherwise is to accuse Jesus of a terrible deception amounting to nothing more than a cruel and dishonest scare tactic.
The fact is, Jesus referred to hell on numerous occasions throughout the Gospels. For instance, Matthew says,. The city garbage dump that burned continually, existed in this valley.
Our Lord Himself declared in Matthew And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Here, no lawyer with beguiling speech will be able to manipulate a sin-stained jury into rendering a verdict of innocent. To stand before an omniscient Christ who knows the thoughts of every single person will be both an awesome and terrible experience. Without Christ as their advocate, all hope will be gone forever.
As Christian evangelist Jonathan Edwards once preached:. When you look forward, you shall see a long for ever, a boundless duration before you, which will swallow up your thoughts, and amaze your soul; and you will absolutely despair of ever having any deliverance, any end, any mitigation, any rest at all.
You will know certainly that you must wear out long ages, millions of millions of ages, in wrestling and conflicting with this almighty merciless vengeance; and then when you have so done, when so many ages have actually been spent by you in this manner, you will know that it is but a point to what remains.
How such persons will react throughout eternity is unknown. Some think those destined to an eternity in hell will forever curse God as they did during their mortal lifetime. Others feel their eternity will be marked with guilt and remorse. Whatever the scenario, the torment in this place is described as everlasting. No doubt the idea of eternal punishment is an unpleasant topic many would rather not talk about.
However, it would irresponsible to ignore the many passages of Scripture that testify to such an event since much of what we know on this subject is attributed to Jesus Himself!
The all-holy God of the Bible takes righteousness very seriously, and He will not allow any unrighteous thing to enter His presence. Because of our sin nature, we will never be able to satisfactorily cleanse ourselves from our sinful ways. Fortunately, our gracious God provided our escape from hell through the person of Jesus Christ.
Never again will he have to worry about where he will spend eternity since at that point the believer passes from death to life Romans Only then will your sin-debt be satisfied. To appease the universalist leanings of Martin Harris, Joseph Smith gave a revelation that reoriented the language of the New Testament describing hell. The revelation explains,. For, behold, I am endless, and the punishment which is given from my hand is endless punishment, for Endless is my name.
Like most Mormons today, George Q. Mormon blogger Geoff Johnston writes,. Rather, the Lord admits, such punishments usually do have an end. God just allowed his people to believe otherwise because having people believe such punishments last forever was a useful form of motivation.
Mormons are less inclined to see this as a problem than Christians, since Mormonism has traditionally promoted itself as necessary expansion on and correction of ancient scripture. But there are other problems with the passage. When considered together with the Biblical data on hell and with later developments of Mormon theology, the passage is shown to be entirely unnecessary. Mormonism later developed a theology of a temporary hell in spirit prison the intermediate state between death and final judgment and of a post-resurrection outer darkness of endless duration for the worst of the worst.
The Bible also describes a different hell for the intermediate state and for post-resurrection punishment. Those in it await the final judgment as described in Revelation Fire and burning sulfur are the content of the metaphor of Gehenna used derived from the Valley of Hinnom. There are no facts on what happens after death, if heaven exists there or not. If you believe in it you believe in it. The Mormons can be right or they can be wrong.
Clearly other religions would not agree with them. As for what Mormons teach regarding this, the answer is NO. Mormons believe that as God loves all mankind, He wants to allow as many as possible to return to him and live with him in heaven.
They believe that a huge majority of people will go to heaven, and only a very small part will be damned. They also believe that people may accept the gospel of Jesus Christ after death, before they are judged.
In fact, the whole reason Mormons build temples is so that they can be baptized for those who have died. They believe that if they are baptized for someone who is dead, that person will have the opportunity to accept the baptism and and be saved. There are some links about this topic under "Related Links" below. Mormons have extra scripture like the Book of Mormon. Some different beliefs are: 1. Catholics believe that there is 1 heaven,Mormons believe that there are 3 heavens. Catholics believe that Jesus will not return until the end of the world,Mormons believe that Jesus came to the Americas around 34 AD.
Caholics believe that no one can be like God,Mormons believe that there are many gods and they can also become a god. They only worship the God of this world. Catholics and Mormons both believe in pre-existence but Mormons believe that in this way:God has at least 1 wife in heaven, Heavenly Mother That wife gave birth to spirit beings us and sent the spirit beings to Earth in physical bodies.
These are just some differences. There are more. There are many people that believe that Earth has no sorrow that heaven can't heal.
These people definitely believe that Heaven is a good place where you want to go. Many religions contrast with Mormonism. Mormons believe that there are three levels of heaven, when many other Christians believe there is only one. Mormons believe that people have the ability to become gods after death, when some other Christians believe that is blasphemous, making themselves above or equal to Jehovah. Some "fundamentalist" Mormon splinter groups believe that there are no limitations to the number of spouses one might have, when many other Christians believe that you can only have one.
There are several ideas of who created the heaven and earth. Many people of religion believe a god created heaven and earth. Others believe the big bang theory. Mormons actually have a bit of a different view on Heaven and Hell than many Christian denominations.
They actually believe that everyone is to be judged the same, believers and non-believers. People will be rewarded or punished in the end depending on how they lived their lives. In the Mormon beliefs, there are various levels of heaven, and although all the levels are wonderful, some have a higher degree of glory.
Those that have not lived good lives would just go to a lower degree of Heaven. The only people that would wind up in Hell would be people who knew the reality of God without any question or doubt like a prophet or one of Christ's apostles , and then while knowing the truth, fought against God anyway.
I don't believe that anyone practicing faith sincerely will go to hell. Just as there are many languages, i believe god speaks to different people in different ways and grants them different experiences with him.
No, Mormons believe that Jesus was crucified on a cross, just like most other Christians. Mormons believe and study the Bible throughly, so the accounts there are what we believe. Mormons dont however use the cross as a religious symbol like many other religions Perhaps you are thinking of the Jehovah's Witnesses?
They do not believe that Jesus died on a cross. Many things that people say against Mormons simply come from someone who is uninformed or has a different opinion. Hell will be a state of exclusion from all life, light, and goodness, away from the presence of God, a state of unending regret, anguish, and loss, with no possibility of escape. The Bible knows of no alternative to these two eternal states.
Christ himself also warns that those who reject him in this life have no hope Matt. Skip to main content. Mormons in Transition Mormons in Transition. Search form. The Mormon View of Heaven and Hell. Robert M. Bowman Jr. Post date:. August 26, IRR Home. Doctrinal Statement. Hard Questions.
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