The Bible and Quran teaches that there is life after death and there are two places where a man's soul will end up after departing this world.
As long as religion exists, we are made to understand that there is a heaven for those who did good things on earth and hell fire for those who didn't live their lives according to God's plan.
These issues overtime has generated controversies with many people trying to dispute the fact that hell or heaven exists.
They have come up with theories that God cannot be so wicked to cast into hell, a man whom he created in his own image and likeness - a place which is believed to have been created for Satan and his agents.
According to a writer Michael Okezie, in his opinion titled 'God of hell fire' , he chooses to believe that hell doesn't exist and gives certain reasons why he thinks so.
Read his article below and feel free to share your own thoughts:
Most times I try to avoid dabbling into religious matters. I consider them to be sacred. Sincerely! Religion is not like politics; the former is unquestionable within its doctrinal purview while the latter is debatable any way, anyhow.
Permit me to share this heretic but personal opinion of mine.
One doctrine I find so infantile, preposterous and amusing all the same as an adult is the doctrine of hell fire-the doctrine that those who couldn't please God well enough will be thrown by him into a burning flame somewhere in the world beyond. Wherein they will gnash their teeth in pain, anguish, agony, regret, sorrow, and torture till eternity. Horrible and scary if you ask me.
It is in my view the wrongest doctrine from Christianity. Doctrine of setting "sinners" ablaze.
Honestly, I look at any 32-toothed adult who believe in that hell trash as having being pathetically brainwashed. No insult intended.
If you can punish your beloved child by making him sit on a hot burning stove then I think you will have no problem believing that it is normal and ideal that a God will destroy humans by dumping them like dry leaves into a burning angry fire.
I don't believe God is cruel or can his good heart conceive such evil or such unimaginable villainy, let alone arranging such a penalty for his children.
We shouldn't paint God as having the conscience of an ISIS or a Boko Haram agent, or that of Adolf Hitler. If we can utterly condemn the murderous activities of ISIS and Boko Haram, why on earth should we find it morally acceptable the belief that God will conduct a massive punitive cremation of living human beings on the judgment day?
God is not an arsonist. He is not malicious! He is not a vengeful destroyer. I don't believe in God of hellfire!c