HELL
(See also Eternal Torment; Gehenna; Grave; Hades; Limbo; Purgatory; Sheol; Tartarus)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
‘agreement with’ (Isa 28:15, KJ): w59 142-143; w42 184-185; w40 28; w36 35-37
belief hell is in heaven: w77 765
belief in fiery torment: gh 95-98, 100; w74 145; w73 132-133; w73 232-233; g73 7/22 27; yb72 54-55; g72 11/8 6-7; w71 627-628; w71 646; g69 4/22 12; g67 2/8 27; g67 7/8 23, 25-26; w66 566; w65 57; w64 102-103, 188; g64 12/8 29; w63 230, 234; w61 131; g61 4/22 13; g61 10/8 10-11; w60 518; jp 42-43; g59 6/8 5; g58 7/22 13-15; g56 6/22 6; g56 7/22 25-26; g55 7/8 25; w54 517; g54 2/8 26; g54 6/22 13-15; w53 362; ms53 154; lg 98-99; g50 6/22 27-28; w49 259, 263; g43 3/17 25; g40 1/10 12; g39 7/26 10; g37 5/5 486-488; g37 8/25 755; g36 5/20 521; g33 8/2 684-688; g31 6/10 599-600; g30 10/15 57-59
ancient Greeks: g84 10/8 9
Buddhist: w78 3/1 13; g77 6/8 10; gh 96-97, 104; rm 211-212; g48 5/22 25-27
Christendom: g82 1/8 19-20; gh 96, 105; ts 89-90
Dante’s Inferno: g80 6/8 17
description in book Apparecchio alla morte (Preparation for Death): w84 4/1 22
Etruscan: g82 1/8 19-20
Hindu: gh 96-97
not good motivation to serve God: w75 58; ts 89-90, 98
pagan: g75 4/22 30; ts 88-89, 95-96
pope: w79 11/1 29
results: w80 12/1 32; g80 11/22 4; ts 89-90, 95-96; w67 421
source of: gh 96; w75 56; ts 95-96
unreasonable: w82 8/15 14; g75 10/22 7
Vatican rekindles non-Biblical hell: g80 6/8 16-19
belief in hell changing from idea of literal fire: g62 2/8 7; g62 6/8 27; g59 6/8 5-6; w57 714; w56 350; w53 144; g46 5/8 21
belief in purgatory: w60 518; w54 517; rm 211-212; g48 5/22 21-27
belief in two sections of hell: w59 71-72; w49 183-185, 263; w39 173
beliefs outside Christendom: g63 5/22 6; g61 4/22 13
Bible view: hp 117-118; ts 91-95
clergy: w73 132-133; g70 4/22 17; g68 12/22 23
condition: tr 41-42; hp 117-118; w73 231-241; g72 3/8 17; ad 752; w68 662-663; g67 2/8 28; g62 6/8 27; w60 518-519; w55 69; g55 7/8 26; w52 623-626; lg 90-91; gw 6-12; w49 263-264; g43 2/3 17-18; g30 10/15 59-62
destroyed: g56 4/8 7; w55 71; sr55 357; nh 350; el 303; w49 267-269
Devil and demons not in: lg 93; w49 312-315; w39 348-351
discussion: g80 6/8 16-19; ts 88-98; w73 228-247; g73 7/22 27-28; ad 752; w55 68-72; w52 623-626; lg 88-99; gw 6-13; w49 259-269; hp42 12-32; w41 109-111; w39 172-174; w37 94-96; af 3-11; wd 21-29
experiences:
Russell’s reply to charge he was a “no hell” preacher: yb79 95
witnessing to believers: g73 2/22 9; w70 764; w66 637; yb65 214; w62 319; yb61 213
gates of Hades: w65 42; im 345-350; ns 249; w59 378-379; yw 146; w49 265-266; w39 174; ch 203-205; ke 35-36
Gehenna: hp 118; ts 110-117; w73 237-238, 246; ad 633-634; bi8-71 1355-1356; int69 1154; g67 2/8 28; w65 59; ms 209-210, 230; w64 189, 752; g61 4/22 14; w57 287; ms53 155; lg 95-97; bi7-50 766-767; w49 266; hp42 27-30
Greek and Hebrew words: w79 8/15 16; ts 91-95; w73 233-237; g72 3/8 17; g72 11/8 6-7; bi8-71 1353, 1361; g56 4/8 7; g55 9/8 25-26; lg 88-89; hp42 20-27; g37 6/16 603; w30 42-43
Greek word: w79 8/15 16; ad 700, 752; g67 2/8 27; w65 59; ms 229; w64 190; g62 6/8 27-28; g61 4/22 14; w55 68, 71; ms53 155; lg 88-89; bi7-50 772; w49 266-267; hp42 26
Hebrew word: ad 752, 1488; w68 390; g67 2/8 27; ms 229; w64 190; w63 127-128; bf 310-311; g62 6/8 27-28; ns 300; g61 4/22 14; bi6 409-411; g56 4/8 6; w55 68-71; w53 538; bi4 851-852; ms53 155; w52 625; lg 89-91; gw 10; w49 46-47, 260-262; hp42 22; w39 173-174; g37 6/16 603; w31 107
Jacob: w73 237; w55 69; lg 90; w49 260
Jesus Christ: w73 237; w55 70; g55 7/8 26; w52 624-625; lg 93; gw 9; w51 144; w49 263
Jesus has keys: uw 73-74; w79 6/15 20; go 189-190; pa 234; nh 348; el 299-300; w49 265
Job: w73 235; g56 4/8 6; w55 69; lg 90-91; w49 262
Jonah: w81 7/15 8-9; w55 69; lg 91, 93; w49 263
Koran: w52 234
lake of fire: w78 3/15 24; lp 178; g77 6/22 27-28; w64 189; w60 68; w57 287; w55 71, 601-602; dh 84-85; w49 268; w47 106-107
Limbo: g78 4/22 21-23; ts 91-92
meaning of term: g73 7/22 28; g62 6/8 27-28; w60 231, 518-519; w55 68-69; ms53 154-155; w52 625; lg 89, 91, 96; gw 10; w51 106-107, 142-144; bi7-50 772; w49 260-262; w47 106; g30 1/8 244
Catholic admissions regarding: w78 3/15 24
origin: w64 376
release from: w73 232-247; ad 701; w68 390; g67 2/8 28; g61 4/22 14; g55 9/8 25-26; nh 350; lg 93-94; el 303; w49 263-264
rich man and Lazarus: w84 10/15 8-9; w84 11/1 13; tr 42-43; gh 98; ts 98-110; w73 236-237; ad 1048; w68 663; w67 180; w66 536; ms 232-233; w64 188-189; w55 70-71; lg 97-98; w51 113-126, 141-155; rm 248-256; w49 263
Russell debated: jp 42-43; w55 107; qm55 307-308
scriptures misinterpreted:
Genesis 37:35: w49 260
Genesis 42:38: w49 260
Mark 9:47, 48: w65 59; w64 189; w61 131-132; w57 286; g56 10/8 7; w55 71, 190-191; w54 519; lg 95
Revelation 20:10: w64 189; g60 6/8 27-28; g56 10/8 8; w51 351; w50 191-192
survey on belief: g73 5/8 5; g68 9/22 30; g62 2/8 6-7
Watchtower’s championing truth about: w79 7/1 14
who go there: w55 69-70; g55 7/8 26; w52 623-626; lg 90-93; w49 260-262; w30 42-44
witnessing to believers: km 3/73 4
Quotations
growing number of theologians are now saying teaching of a literal hell is not true: w80 12/1 32
in New Testament we do not find hellfire to be a part of the primitive preaching: hp 117
many strong Biblical arguments against existence of a literal: w80 12/1 32
most depressing and improbable of all dogmas: g80 6/8 16
talk of everlasting perdition is crazy: w79 7/1 14