Is Hell Real? (from my new book “After You Die” availiable 9-4-12)
In a recent blog, I mentioned a survey of Americans’ attitudes regarding heaven and hell. In that survey, 71% of people said they believe in Hell, but only a third believe it is an actual place, and less than half of 1 percent believe that they personally are headed there. Nobody wants to believe in bad things; after all, we have enough bad things to contend with. Everybody loves heaven, but nobody loves hell.
Dr. Maurice Rawlings, the former personal physician to President Eisenhower and a leading cardiologist, recalls an experience with a patient who collapsed during a stress test and then according to the monitors was dead. Dr. Rawlings immediately began CPR. Suddenly the man revived and screamed, “I am in hell!” He then died a second time. Dr. Rawlings continued working to revive him, and the patient came back again. “Don’t stop!” the man cried out. The patient’s pupils were heavily dilated, and the man was trembling in apparent terror. “Don’t you understand?” the man pleaded. “I am in hell. Each time you quit I go back to hell! Don’t let me go back to hell!” (taken from page 84 of my new book, “After You Die”)
So, do you believe in hell? Do you think it’s a real place?
One Response to “Is Hell Real? (from my new book “After You Die” availiable 9-4-12)”
Gary Foley
December 8th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Sounds like an experience I was told about.
My Aunt Barbara has a friend Charlie. Charlie and I were talking and he told me of his friend who died and came back in the hospital also. Charlie asked him what it was like multiple times and his friend would freeze up and not talk about it. He would have a look of panic and horror on his face and wide open eyes. Charlie could not figure out his friend and after a few times Charlie never asked him about the experience again.
I told Charlie “you’ve told me enough”, “I am reasonably sure about what happened to your friend”. “Have you ever heard of people who have died and gone to Heaven and were more than happy to tell everyone about their experience ?” Charlie said “Yes”.
“Well, what if your friend did not go to Heaven ? What if he went to Hell ?”
“Have you ever seen a car with a bumper sticker that says My Child Is An Honor Student but not one that says My Child Flunked Out Of School ?”
” No one who visits Hell is going to brag about it. In fact it is so horrifying that apparently it left your friend speechless out of sheer panic”.
“I think you need to tell your friend about eternal life in Heaven through Jesus, while your friend still has time. He was given a second chance for a reason”.
I said to Charlie.
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