Answer . "The dictionary cites a first use in 1856. I don't have an origin. The meaning is blithely unconcerned, blissfully without care.\n. \nHAPPY-GO-LUCKY - "Carefree, unconcerned. This is the only meaning of the phrase today, and it dates from the 19th century. Herman Melville has it in 'Moby Dick' (1851): 'A happy-go-lucky; neither craven nor valiant.' An earlier meaning was haphazard, as luck would have it. It is seen in Edward Arber's 'An English Garner' (1699): 'The Redcoats cried, 'Shall we fall in order, or go happy-go-lucky?'" From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985)." http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1156.html

if your havnt received christ as your savior i don't mean go to a catholic church

The original is "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go." The origins seem to be lost in time, but it seems to be based on horse racing. The jingle is used by children as a countdown to start races, and variations on it can be found in children's books from the 1800s. (The rhyme appears as "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat, go" in Elvis Presley's "Blue Suede Shoes", written by Carl Perkins in 1956. In that context it means "get ready, folks, we're taking off!" Carl Perkins likely remembered it from his own childhood. He did NOT originate it. I was a child in the late 1940s and '50s, and we used it then.)

Go through your life having been told that God exists or seen/felt evidence of him but never decide to believe in him, give Him control of your life or get to know His heart for you and others. In other words, rejecting his forgivness for your sin.

At no time in Jewish history have the concepts of heaven and hellplayed a role in its teachings. This is supported by Jewishwritings dating back to the Babylonian exile including the Tanach(Jewish Bible) which makes almost no mention of what might happenwhen we die. The Sadducees, a minority group amongst the Jews whichceased to exist with the destruction of the Second Temple, did notaccept the idea of life after death. The Pharisees, the mainmovement with Judaism and the ancestors of modern Judaism, didaccept the concept of life after death but did not have a conceptof heaven and hell. The Christian concepts of heaven and hell have their origins inseveral regional religions of the time including Zoroastrianism andthe various religions found among the Greeks, Romans, andEgyptians.

A sin is anything that you've done wrong. A sin is a sin is a sin. Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory ofGod" and Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the giftof God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." BUT John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world that Hegave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him, will notperish but have everlasting life."(emphasis mine) Jesus was sent as a sacrifice to take all the sins of the worldaway. His grace covers us and sets us free! If you accept Jesus asyour Lord and Savior, and repent, you will go to heaven. That meansturning away from sin, and accepting God's grace and love, andcultivating a relationship with Him, with Jesus. That doesn't meanthat you automatically won't sin. You're still human, and it's inour nature to sin (Usually called, walking in the flesh). Butthat's why Jesus came, to take away our sins, and help us walk withHim. That's also not an excuse to go off sinning after you'veaccepted Jesus as your Savior because you know your sins areforgiven. It's not a code where you just say the words, or go tochurch every Sunday, or say 11 hail marys, or do something goodeveryday to get to heaven. It's not about going through themotions. It's not about religion. It's about relationship withJesus. He's God and He's more magnificent and Holy and amazing thenany of us can even fathom! He doesn't fit in our paradigms, ourboxes. He's not that guy on the glass windows. He's not thatmenacing voice in the sky that wants to smite us. He doesn't livein the building people call church. He's closer than the air webreathe, and Creator of the Universe. He is worthy to be adored andto be praised! God knows that. Not because he's arrogant orprideful. Again, he's bigger than our human paradigms. Sometimeswhen we describe God, it's easy to picture Him as human and that'strying to box God. He doesn't fit in our boxes! He is aperson though. He is Love, true love. He loves you andwants a relationship with you. Isn't that amazing!? I encourage youto talk to Jesus, and to read the Bible (old and new testament).And plug-in to a church that will help you in your walk with God,that will help you grow in your relationship with Jesus, not thatjust go through the motions itself. Remember, it's not aboutreligion, it's about having a relationship with Jesus. Here's alink that I hope will help you: Another View: The question is how do we get out of hell if you are asking in aJewish or christian context. Assuming you are getting the word hellfrom our bible translations. Hell is a place of weeping and teethgrinding, a place of darkness and confusion, a place separated fromgod. Don't let anyone teach you the word, you mustdig your own well to living water. go into it pray and believe-testit-as it says believe in his promise to you and know he will teachyou and be prepared for what you see will be different than all youhave heard-like it but much more powerful and it will makesense--you need no man teach you unless you like learning aboutnotgod who really teaches only one thing with certainty and that iswhy this is the valley of the shadow of death-its their onlycertainty. Another Answer: According to the The Bible, ALL people go to 'hell'. You don't haveto do anything at all. The only requirement is that you 'die'.Because EVERYONE who DIES, goes there. References: The word translated into English as 'hell' is a misunderstood word. The Hebrew word used in the Bible is 'sheol' (or' she ʼ ohl′) . King James Versiontranslates it 3 different ways into English (hell-31 times;grave-31 times; pit-3 times) To undo the confusion, other translations 'transliterate' (nottranslating) the word as 'sheol'. · Regarding the word 'sheol' A Compendious Hebrew Lexicon, Samuel Pike stated that it is "the common receptacle or region of the dead; . . . the grave .. ." (Cambridge, 1811, p. 148) Therefore 'sheol' is the 'common grave of all mankind', both goodand bad. · Collier's Encyclopedia (1986, Vol. 12, p. 28)says: "Since Sheol in Old Testament times referred simply tothe abode of the dead and suggested no moral distinctions, the word'hell,' as understood today, is not a happy translation." · Regarding the word "Sheol," Brynmor F. Price and Eugene A. Nidanoted: "The word . . . refer(s) to the place to which all deadpeople go. . . . in which there is no activity . . . . There are nomoral distinctions there, so 'hell' (KJV) is not a suitabletranslation, . . . . In a sense, 'the grave' in a generic sense isa near equivalent, except that Sheol is more a mass grave in whichall the dead . . ." go. Therefore according to reputable scholars; and according to TheBible itself, we ALL go to 'hell' ('sheol') at the pointwhen we die . The concept of an 'immortal soul' is not fromBible origins, but is from non-bible or pagan origins. Likewise theconcept of 'eternal torment' is also from non-bible origins. Learning the truth from God's Word about what really happens atdeath, 'the truth sets you free.' Another Answer: No. as long as your not a devil worshiper you are good

Answer 1 There is difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter. Theone creates terror but the other fights for freedom. Almighty Godwill decide who will be sent to hell-the oppressor or freedomfighter. Be bold and don't be afraid of make-believe terrorists.Nothing is going to happen to you. Answer 2 Since nobody has actually given us a report from within Hell orHeaven, we can only guess where a violent mass-murderer would gobased on the Holy Scriptures we have. There does seem to be ageneral agreement that killing innocents will merit going to Hell,but there is no absolute assurance. Additionally, in order to go toHell, a terrorist would have to die first. While some are suicidebombers and do that hard work themselves, the remainder have toactually be found by soldiers or policemen and then have to die(either from being killed or by rotting away in prison) before theycan go to the Divine sorting process.

A: Who will go to hell varies with religious belief, and a religious belief even changes over time and circumstances. Most Jews do not believe in hell, so they believe no one will go to hell. In fact most of the world's population believes that hell does not exist and that no one could go to hell. Some Christians believe that those who do not believe on Jesus are the ones who will go to hell. Other Christians believe that it is also necessary to receive forgiveness of sins, so those who die in a state of sin, especially the more serious sins, will go to hell, as will those who do not believe in Jesus. This, for example, has been the position of the Catholic Church. However, Cardinal Pell, one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church, recently expressed the view that even atheists will go to heaven if they have led good lives. Since atheists neither believe in Jesus nor seek forgiveness of their sins, this is a major change of direction if formally adopted by the Catholic Church. The bottom line is that there are many views as to who will go to hell, if indeed anyone will. Another Answer: Leaving religions aside, according to the Bible all will die and go to 'hell.' The most common term translated into the English as hell is the Hebrew 'Sheol' and the Greek 'Hades' which both simply mean the grave or pit. Jesus went to hell for 3 days and 3 nights as He was fully a man: Hebrews 9:27 New King James Version (NKJV) 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,.

where did hell in a hand bag come from?. Clues to the origin of "going to hell in a handbasket," meaning "deteriorating rapidly or utterly," are, unfortunately, scarce as hens' teeth. The eminent slang historian Eric Partridge, in his "Dictionary of Catchphrases," dates the term to the early 1920's. Christine Ammer, in her "Have A Nice Day -- No Problem," a dictionary of cliches, agrees that the phrase probably dates to the early 20th century, and notes that the alliteration of "hell" and "handbasket" probably contributed to the popularity of the saying. Ms. Ammer goes a bit further and ventures that, since handbaskets are "light and easily conveyed," the term "means going to hell easily and rapidly." That seems a bit of a stretch to me, but I do think the addition of "in a handbasket" (or "in a bucket," as one variant puts it) does sound more dire and hopeless than simply "going to hell." The expression to hell meaning 'to ruin or destruction; to an unfortunate state of affairs' is found since the early nineteenth century. The early examples are quite natural sounding today: "There's a thousand dollars gone to hell," wrote someone in 1827. ("Go to hell!" used as an exclamation is older, and is not often found in fancier forms.) Simple but pungent expressions like this often develop elaborated variants. For example, the imprecation "kiss my ass!" can be expanded (from one direction) into "kiss my royal Irish ass!" or (from another) into "kiss my ass in Macy's window!" Similarly, the expression "go to hell" developed a number of variants describing the conveyance for reaching Pluto's realm, and these conveyances don't necessarily make sense. Carl Sandburg, writing about the 1890s, comments that "The first time I heard about a man 'going to hell in a hanging basket' I did a lot of wondering what a hanging basket is like." Whatever a "hanging basket" is, it gives us the alliteration, like such other common examples as "going to hell in a hack [i.e. a taxicab]," "handcart," and our "handbasket." Non-alliterating versions include "in a wheelbarrow," "on a poker," "in a bucket" ("But at least I'm enjoying the ride," as the Grateful Dead say), and "in a basket." http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/1/messages/2879.html . . The phrase is American and dates to the Civil War.. See it in House Documents of 1866-1867, page 208 .. http://books.google.com/books?id=YJYFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA208&dq=%22hell+in+a+hand%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1760&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1880&as_brr=1. . This is a weird one. It's a fairly common American expression, known for much of the twentieth century. But it's one about which almost no information exists, at least in the two dozen or so reference books I've consulted. William and Mary Morris, in their Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, confess to the same difficulty. A handbasket is just a basket to be carried in the hand (my thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary for that gem of definition). The Dictionary of American Regional English records to go to heaven in a handbasket rather earlier than the alternative, which doesn't appear in print until the 1940s (Walt Quader tells me that Burton Stevenson included a citation in his Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Familiar Phrases from Bayard Kendrick's The Odor of Violets, published in 1941). But DARE quotes a related expression from 1714: "A committee brought in something about Piscataqua. Govr said he would give his head in a Handbasket as soon as he would pass it", which suggests that it, or at least phrases like it, have been around in the spoken language for a long time. For example, there's an even older expression, to go to heaven in a wheelbarrow, recorded as early as 1629, which also meant "to go to hell". I can only assume that the alliteration of the hs has had a lot to do with the success of the various phrases, and that perhaps handbasket suggests something easily and speedily done. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-goi1.htm To hell in a handbasket From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Going to Hell in a handbasket is a way of saying something or a situation is quickly taking a turn for the worse without effort or with great haste. This term dates back to at least 1941, but its origins, albeit scarce in documentation, date back even further to 1913 with the term to heaven in a handbasket or to heaven in a wheelbarrow. Even more abstract references date back to 1714 with a text reading, " Govr said he would give his head in a Handbasket as soon as he would pass it." This seems to suggest that the term in one form or another has been around for quite some time. http://www.search.com/reference/To_hell_in_a_handbasket Going to hell in a handbasket is an informal expression that means quickly and surely heading toward deterioration or ruin, as in He thought the country was going to hell in a handbasket when they started playing baseball at night. It is most likely that the phrase stems from the function of a handbasket. Though the word handbasket is now seldom used independently of the phrase in question, it originally referred to a small portable basket, much like the kind you find stacked at the entrances to most of today's supermarkets. Small enough to be carried in one hand, the handbasket came to be associated with accomplishing something with ease and speed. A similar association explains the less popular going to hell in a handbag, which carries the same meaning as the handbasket form of the expression. Our earliest written example of going to hell in a handbasket" 'dates back to 1949. Ironically, this first recorded usage is predated by the phrase go to heaven in a handbasket, recorded in the Dictionary of American Regional English. The heaven usage appears as a listing in a glossary and refers to the holding of an ecclesiastical office that requires little or no work. This use, though obviously very different from today's going to hell in a handbasket, clearly illustrates the early association of handbaskets with ease. It is important to keep in mind that all of the above expressions owe much to the popularity of alliteration. Words that begin with the same sound are often yoked together, even when meaning alone doesn't fully justify the grouping (case in point: bigger than a bread box). Handbasket appeared in phrases with other h words as far back as the 18th century. A diary entry from 1714 tells the story of a statesman who, when asked to approve a proposal, refused vehemently by saying that he would rather give his head in a handbasket. It is likely that going to hell in a handbasket'' has been in use much longer than our written evidence indicates. Informal expressions like this one often exist in speech for decades before they are ever written down. As a result, our examples of earliest recorded usage don't always provide enough information to fully explain how certain phrases were originally formed and used. We must sometimes be satisfied with the bits and pieces we do have and remind ourselves that if all English expressions were completely transparent, the language wouldn't be nearly as fascinating. (Merriam-Webster Editorial Department ) Clues to the origin of "going to hell in a handbasket," meaning "deteriorating rapidly or utterly," are, unfortunately, scarce as hens' teeth. The eminent slang historian Eric Partridge, in his "Dictionary of Catchphrases," dates the term to the early 1920s. Christine Ammer, in her "Have a Nice Day -- No Problem," a dictionary of cliches, agrees that the phrase probably dates to the early 20th century, and notes that the alliteration of "hell" and "handbasket" probably contributed to the popularity of the saying. Ms. Ammer goes a bit further and ventures that, since handbaskets are "light and easily conveyed," the term "means going to hell easily and rapidly." That seems a bit of a stretch to me, but I do think the addition of "in a handbasket" (or "in a bucket," as one variant puts it) does sound more dire and hopeless than simply "going to hell.

Clues to the origin of "going to hell in a handbasket," meaning "deteriorating rapidly or utterly," are, unfortunately, scarce as hens' teeth. The eminent slang historian Eric Partridge, in his "Dictionary of Catchphrases," dates the term to the early 1920's. Christine Ammer, in her "Have A Nice Day -- No Problem," a dictionary of cliches, agrees that the phrase probably dates to the early 20th century, and notes that the alliteration of "hell" and "handbasket" probably contributed to the popularity of the saying. Ms. Ammer goes a bit further and ventures that, since handbaskets are "light and easily conveyed," the term "means going to hell easily and rapidly." That seems a bit of a stretch to me, but I do think the addition of "in a handbasket" (or "in a bucket," as one variant puts it) does sound more dire and hopeless than simply "going to hell." The expression to hell meaning 'to ruin or destruction; to an unfortunate state of affairs' is found since the early nineteenth century. The early examples are quite natural sounding today: "There's a thousand dollars gone to hell," wrote someone in 1827. ("Go to hell!" used as an exclamation is older, and is not often found in fancier forms.) Simple but pungent expressions like this often develop elaborated variants. For example, the imprecation "kiss my ass!" can be expanded (from one direction) into "kiss my royal Irish ass!" or (from another) into "kiss my ass in Macy's window!" Similarly, the expression "go to hell" developed a number of variants describing the conveyance for reaching Pluto's realm, and these conveyances don't necessarily make sense. Carl Sandburg, writing about the 1890s, comments that "The first time I heard about a man 'going to hell in a hanging basket' I did a lot of wondering what a hanging basket is like." Whatever a "hanging basket" is, it gives us the alliteration, like such other common examples as "going to hell in a hack [i.e. a taxicab]," "handcart," and our "handbasket." Non-alliterating versions include "in a wheelbarrow," "on a poker," "in a bucket" ("But at least I'm enjoying the ride," as the Grateful Dead say), and "in a basket." http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/1/messages/2879.html This is a weird one. It's a fairly common American expression, known for much of the twentieth century. But it's one about which almost no information exists, at least in the two dozen or so reference books I've consulted. William and Mary Morris, in their Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, confess to the same difficulty. A handbasket is just a basket to be carried in the hand (my thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary for that gem of definition). The Dictionary of American Regional English records to go to heaven in a handbasket rather earlier than the alternative, which doesn't appear in print until the 1940s (Walt Quader tells me that Burton Stevenson included a citation in his Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Familiar Phrases from Bayard Kendrick's The Odor of Violets, published in 1941). But DARE quotes a related expression from 1714: "A committee brought in something about Piscataqua. Govr said he would give his head in a Handbasket as soon as he would pass it", which suggests that it, or at least phrases like it, have been around in the spoken language for a long time. For example, there's an even older expression, to go to heaven in a wheelbarrow, recorded as early as 1629, which also meant "to go to hell". I can only assume that the alliteration of the hs has had a lot to do with the success of the various phrases, and that perhaps handbasket suggests something easily and speedily done. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-goi1.htm To hell in a handbasket From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Going to Hell in a handbasket is a way of saying something or a situation is quickly taking a turn for the worse without effort or with great haste. This term dates back to at least 1941, but its origins, albeit scarce in documentation, date back even further to 1913 with the term to heaven in a handbasket or to heaven in a wheelbarrow. Even more abstract references date back to 1714 with a text reading, " Govr said he would give his head in a Handbasket as soon as he would pass it." This seems to suggest that the term in one form or another has been around for quite some time. http://www.search.com/reference/To_hell_in_a_handbasket Going to hell in a handbasket is an informal expression that means quickly and surely heading toward deterioration or ruin, as in He thought the country was going to hell in a handbasket when they started playing baseball at night. It is most likely that the phrase stems from the function of a handbasket. Though the word handbasket is now seldom used independently of the phrase in question, it originally referred to a small portable basket, much like the kind you find stacked at the entrances to most of today's supermarkets. Small enough to be carried in one hand, the handbasket came to be associated with accomplishing something with ease and speed. A similar association explains the less popular going to hell in a handbag, which carries the same meaning as the handbasket form of the expression. Our earliest written example of going to hell in a handbasket" 'dates back to 1949. Ironically, this first recorded usage is predated by the phrase go to heaven in a handbasket, recorded in the Dictionary of American Regional English. The heaven usage appears as a listing in a glossary and refers to the holding of an ecclesiastical office that requires little or no work. This use, though obviously very different from today's going to hell in a handbasket, clearly illustrates the early association of handbaskets with ease. It is important to keep in mind that all of the above expressions owe much to the popularity of alliteration. Words that begin with the same sound are often yoked together, even when meaning alone doesn't fully justify the grouping (case in point: bigger than a bread box). Handbasket appeared in phrases with other h words as far back as the 18th century. A diary entry from 1714 tells the story of a statesman who, when asked to approve a proposal, refused vehemently by saying that he would rather give his head in a handbasket. It is likely that going to hell in a handbasket'' has been in use much longer than our written evidence indicates. Informal expressions like this one often exist in speech for decades before they are ever written down. As a result, our examples of earliest recorded usage don't always provide enough information to fully explain how certain phrases were originally formed and used. We must sometimes be satisfied with the bits and pieces we do have and remind ourselves that if all English expressions were completely transparent, the language wouldn't be nearly as fascinating. (Merriam-Webster Editorial Department ) Clues to the origin of "going to hell in a handbasket," meaning "deteriorating rapidly or utterly," are, unfortunately, scarce as hens' teeth. The eminent slang historian Eric Partridge, in his "Dictionary of Catchphrases," dates the term to the early 1920s. Christine Ammer, in her "Have a Nice Day -- No Problem," a dictionary of cliches, agrees that the phrase probably dates to the early 20th century, and notes that the alliteration of "hell" and "handbasket" probably contributed to the popularity of the saying. Ms. Ammer goes a bit further and ventures that, since handbaskets are "light and easily conveyed," the term "means going to hell easily and rapidly." That seems a bit of a stretch to me, but I do think the addition of "in a handbasket" (or "in a bucket," as one variant puts it) does sound more dire and hopeless than simply "going to hell.

Not all Christians believe there is a hell as described in Dante'sInferno and incorporated into varying sects of this branch ofreligion. Some Christians believe death is the'sleep' spoken of in the Scriptures like in Psalms 13:3, 'Lest I sleep the sleep of death' or as Solomon wrotein Ecclesiastes 12:7, 'Then the dust (body) will return to theearth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it'('sleeping' until the Judgement). He confirms this in chapter 9verse 5, 'For the living know that they will die; But thedead know nothing, And they have no more reward...' Hell then to these Christians spoken of above is the Greek word 'hades' or the Hebrew word 'Sheol.' It simply means the graveor pit where one is usually buried when they die. These same Christians believe in what the Apostle Paul was inspiredto reveal to us in 1 Corinthians 15:51, 'We shall not all sleep,but we shall all be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of aneye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and theDEAD will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Lastly, consider what Paul said in Romans 3:23, '...for ALL havesinned and fall short of the glory of God. And further inRomans 6:23, 'For the wages of sin is DEATH , but the gift ofGod is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.'

It's a line from the play of Jean-Paul Sartre, Huis Clos ( No Exit ).. In this play, several characters are left to sit in a waiting room that is meant to be understood as a waiting room at the entrance to hell. The characters think they're waiting their turns to enter and be tortured. But soon enough, through dialogue, the characters begin to torment one another, and it dawns on them that people can make each other suffer enough (just by the way they behave) that there's no need for any other hell.

Opinion: If you choose not to accept God into your heart, by believing fully in Him, you will go to Hell. Opinion: There is no scientific proof of hell or of a god. There are many books written on the subject such as the bible but these are stories told and written by human's. Some choose to believe them and some choose only to believe in things we can prove. Many religion's have many different belief's on what hell is and what causes a person to go there, therefore the question would have to be more specific for an accurate answer. Opinion of mainstream Protestant doctrine: Most mainstream Protestant sects of Christianity teach the concept of "original sin". This means that although humans were created perfect, a single sin, the sin of Adam eating the apple in the garden, brought corruption into the world. All humans, being human, are "born into sin", "born into Adam", therefore guilty of sin even before ever committing a sinful act. God's righteousness is such that any rebellion (that is, sin) must be not only punished, but infinitely punished by everlasting, undying torment in the literal flames of hell. This means that by default, all humans must go into hell, because all humans are sinful, having been born with a "sinful nature", human nature. The central theorem of all Christianity is that God became human in the form of his human son by Mary, Jesus of Nazareth, then lived a sinless life and died a horrible death (and some believe even spent three days in hell) in order to pay for the sinful nature of all mankind. However, most believe that individual humans do not just immediately have their debt to God canceled. In order to cancel the debt, one must confess the lordship of Jesus over all things, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Therefore, the only reason hell need exist is to receive the rebellious angels who seem to have started the whole problem, and to receive any humans who do not accept Jesus. Opinion The only people in heaven will be redeemed sinners, and the only people in hell will be those who have rejected Jesus Christ. (Apart from Satan and the fallen angels of course!) . Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: . ..

A: There is no scriptural support for the notion that someone would go to hell for not going to church. However, individual churches might choose to express this as a categorical belief.

It means to deteriorate rapidly, and originated in the US in the early 20th century. There was an earlier variant of this, "going to hell in a hanging basket" back in the 1890s. It also means going to hell easily and rapidly. The New Testament in several passages likens the path to the kingdom of God or Eternal Life as a fight. Paul the main writer of the NT said "I have fought the good fight." Matt. 11.12 states "the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take in by force. Paul wrote to Timothy to "fight the good fight of faith." Thus there are those who do fight the good fight and make it to heaven while others fight and lose faith in the end ending in hell, while those who succumb to all the lure and evils of the world will go unchained and in a handbasket easily delivered to Satan.

A: One way is not to believe in hell. You can not go to a place that does not exist. If you a a Catholic or belong to some other Christian denominations, the way not to go to hell is to live a good life andsee to it that the sins you will inevitably commit are forgiven. If you belong to most Protestant denominations, the way not to go to hell is to believe in Jesus. Nothing else matters. . Catholic Answer The only way to go to hell is to reject God, regardless of your beliefs or membership in any Church or religion. The way to not go to hell is to accept God, which, means following His directions for living a life of love of Him and your fellow men. Thus, the only way to not go to hell is to put others first, their interests ahead of yours. To not love one single human being is to not love God, you must love everyone - read St. Matthew 25:31-45. . "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.' Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?' Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.".

Traditionally, hell is believed to be an extremely hot, fiery place. So, it follows that nothing would ever freeze in this place. Something that will happen when hell freezes over will infact, never happen. The phrase, "when pigs fly" has a very similar meaning. Pigs cannot fly. The phrase is used to say that something will, infact, never happen.. Example:. One child: "Do you think Dad will ever give up the remote?". A sister of that child: "Oh, sure, . . . when hell freezes over, and he'll get rid of his old ugly recliner when pigs fly!"

It is most absolutely not a "Meatloaf album". I was talking about fast moving objects, animals and people long before Meatloaf borrowed the cliché.

We will go to hell only after the final judgment and and fall badly in sight of god. . Another Answer: The word translated into English as 'hell' is a misunderstood word. The Hebrew word used in the Bible is 'sheol' (or ' she ʼ ohl′) . King James Version translates it 3 different ways into English (hell-31 times; grave-31 times; pit-3 times) To undo the confusion, other translations 'transliterate' (not translate) the word as 'sheol'. . Regarding the word 'sheol' A Compendious Hebrew Lexicon, Samuel Pike stated that it is "the common receptacle or region of the dead; . . . the grave . . ." (Cambridge, 1811, p. 148). Therefore 'sheol' is not the same as an individual 'burial spot'; but is the 'common grave of all mankind, both good and bad.' . Collier's Encyclopedia (1986, Vol. 12, p. 28) says: "Since Sheol in Old Testament times referred simply to the abode of the dead and suggested no moral distinctions , the word 'hell,' as understood today, is not a happy translation." . Regarding the word "Sheol," Brynmor F. Price and Eugene A. Nida noted: "The word . . . refer(s) to the place to which all dead people go . . . . in which there is no activity . . . . There are no moral distinctions there , so 'hell' (KJV) is not a suitable translation, . . . . In a sense, 'the grave' in a generic sense is a near equivalent, except that Sheol is more a mass grave in which all the dead . . ." go.. Therefore according to reputable scholars; and according to The Bible itself, we ALL go to 'hell' ('sheol') when we die (or at the point of death). The concept of an 'immortal soul' is not from Bible origins, but is from non-bible or pagan origins. Likewise the concept of 'eternal torment' is also from non-bible origins. .

In the sentence; "What the hell are you doing?" 'the hell' is called an interjection; an article of speech that is not critical to the sense or structure of the sentence. Compare;. "What on earth are you doing?". "What the devil are you doing?". "Good grief, what are you doing?". ...to the sentence free of any interjections at all;. "What are you doing?". An interjection adds emotion, not structure nor meaning. Does that answer what the hell you want to know???

1920s, American English, probably from mid-19cent. notion of disappearing south to Mexico or Texas to escape pursuit, consequence or responsibility, reinforced by Native American belief (attested in colonial writing mid-18c.) that the soul journeys south after death.

Look For the exit sign Answer: There is no escape. Jesus told of the rich man who went to Hell, who was unconcerned about God in this life, and who never helped the needy beggar Lazarus, sitting at hie gate: "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence." Luke 16:23-26. As all have sinned, we all deserve eternal death in Hell. Yet, if one would escape the destiny of Hell, it is imperative to turn to Christ, as the one who died for our sins. Jesus said to Nicodemus a ruler of the Jews: "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3. He was referring to a need for spiritual birth, by having our sins forgiven. So, as He told this ruler: "The Son of man be lifted up (on the Cross): That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish (in Hell), but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned (to perish in Hell): but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:14-18.

A: The earliest known religion to teach of hell as a place of punishment is the Zoroastrian religion of the Persians who liberated the Jews in Babylon. Judaism adopted concepts that parallelled Zoroastrian thought of heaven as a place of reward and hell as a place of punishment, but fairly soon afterwards began to drop the notion of hell, as it was inconsistent with Jewish thought. However, hell found its way into Christianity and subsequently into Islam. Catholic Answer Hell originated in the sin of Lucifer, the highest, most beautiful, and most powerful angel, who refused to love and serve God. By putting himself before God, he created that void which is as far as you can get from God's love.

( thegamut ) 1The completerange or scope of something: the whole gamut of humanemotion . EXAMPLE SENTENCES Anger, jealousy, possessiveness, suspicion, aggression - Harryexperiences a whole gamut of human emotions, but seems to able tocontrol them much better that he did in The Phoenix. Her face could register the gamut of human emotions without everfully revealing her inner nature. These stories take you on an exciting journey, and you traverse awhole gamut of human experience and emotions that reflect thechanging Tamil milieu.

A hand basket was used as a metaphor in the US in the 1900s evangelical movements to scare nonbelievers. The phrase "going to hell in a handbasket" is the alliterative idiom that means a general breakdown of morality or proper Christian behavior.

In formal Japanese: [ こんな風にちがうけど, 地獄へ行っていますと言うことが知っていました ] Pronunciation: [ Konna fuuni chiagu kedo, jigoku e itteimasu toyuu koto ga shitteimashita ]

The notion of heaven is almost as old as organised religion. It is the place in the sky where God or the gods live. However, it has not always been the place where people go after they die. The ancient Hebrews believed that when people died the went to sheol , a place similar to the pagan hades . This was a continuation of existence, buut not a place of reward or great happiness. The earliest descriptions of heaven and hell, more or less as we know them today, come from the ancient Zoroastrian religion, which the Jews encountered during the Babylonian Exile and the Persian period, but do not seem to have absorbed. Even today, there is diversity of belief about whether souls actually go to heaven after people die. Jews do not hold belief in hell. Possibly under the continuing influence of Zoroastrianism, Christianity did absorb the notion of hell as a place of punishment for sinners or nonbelievers. Islam goes further, with some very clear parallels between its view of heaven and hell, and the Zoroastrian belief. Roman Catholic Answer The Christian origins of heaven and hell are revealed in Revelation, below are the articles on each in the Catholic Encyclopedia. The most important thing that as been revealed to us, is that, more than a place, heaven and hell are states of being that we start living in right here in this life. In other words, the real origin, of heaven or hell is right here. This is particularly true of hell, hell is the complete rejection of God, an enclosing in ourselves whereby we reject our maker and make our own hell on earth. The only thing that changes when we die is that there is no more chance of change, and nothing to distract us from our utter miserableness. There is nothing mysterious or other worldly about these origins, they are right here - we spend our whole lives making the hell or heaven that God will grant us for all eternity.

Hogs are not known to act with self restraint. It is a direct comparison to an animal. Sometimes people act like hogs.

There is no particular mythology about infernal bells; the terms hell's bells was introduced merely because it sounded like a nice rhyme.

The Letter From Hell came into being in 1888. The letter was written by the person clamming to be Jack the Ripper. The letter was sent to George Lusk who then posted the letter the following day.

The origins of alliteritive phrases like 'going to hell in a handbasket' are unclear, but predates the US Civil War.

The origin of the question "Who in the hell do you think you are?" is obscure, but it was very likely first uttered by somebody's very upset mother.

There does not seem to be any significance to the phrase, apart from the alliteration. In the USA during the 19th century the phrase was known as 'going to hell in a handcart'. In addition, there is a church in Gloucestershire showing a woman being pushed into hell, in a wheelbarrow, by a blue devil

Connacht is the province that makes up much of the west of Ireland. It has a lot of spectacular scenery and is quite rugged. As such, the land is not great for growing things on making it difficult for certains types of farming, compared to more fertile parts of Ireland. Many parts of it are not highly populated due to it being more difficult to live in. In the 1650s, Britain's Oliver Cromwell was trying to take over land from Irish people and give it to British settlers. They got much of the good land in Ireland. Cromwell is said to have tried to send some of the Irish people to the less fertile areas in Connaught using the phrase "To Hell or to Connaught". So as well as its historical significance, it is a phrase indicating bad options or difficult situations, like other phrases such as "Hobson's choice" or "Between a rock and a hard place" or "Out of the frying pan and into the fire".

In the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it offand cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one ofyour members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.