Can Anyone Answer This?

Posted on Apr 28th, 2008 by

Growing up Catholic with 17 years of Catholic school education, I learned Church law backward and forward. We studied the Baltimore Cathechism daily, especially before receiving the sacrament of Confirmation.

I still remember many of the questions after years of drilling and memorizing.

Q: "Who is God.
A: "God is a Spirit."

Q: "Where is God?"
A: "God is everywhere!"

Now, I didn't quite understand this last answer. And, when I was 10 years old, I finally got the courage to ask Sister Mary Charlene my burning question. Her response was to slap my hands with a ruler for asking "such a question. " She reprimanded me in front of the whole class for questioning the authority of the Church, which we were never, ever to do.

To this day, no religious leader has provided a satisfactory answer to my question.

My question: "If God is everywhere, where is Hell?"

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cellist said

I offer my humble comments re: your question.

The notion of Hell is Judeo-Christian in origins. There are other schools of thought that believe differently regarding our source or what we have inside of us that is spiritual and that it is connected to “All That Is”. Where one's spirit goes after our bodies stop functioning is one of the most profound questions that has been asked through the years. I have not heard definitively what happens. We are all guessing or choosing what we will believe about this. I am sorry that you had to endure the wrath of the person you questioned about this…I describe myself as a “recovering Catholic” . This is a question that prompts considerable thought. Best Regards!

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Marianne said

Angel,

I was a birth Catholic…14 years of perochial school…

The concept of hell was invented to keep people controlled and in fear.

My son goes to Catholic school and we have to unreal things all the time. he is refusing his confirmation- which is his choice.

He asked the teacher the other day..”If God is absolute Love and all Forgiving…why would he send them to hell???

If it doesn't make sense to you…embrace the truth within

Here is a quote for you-
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

Buddha

'The Enlightened One'