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by wickedwillie on February 14th, 2005

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Why do we assume heaven is "up there" and hell is "down there"?

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  • by Joseph2493 on February 14th, 2005

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    Well, the reference is made a few times in the Bible, but here is one example for each...



    As for your "heaven is 'up there" question...

    Acts 1

    8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

    9 "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight."



    As for your "hell is 'down there" question...

    2 Peter 2:4 "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment..."


    Search more scripture at...

    http://scriptures.lds.org

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    • well some ppl say that heaven is up and some also say that it is down!!!!!

      lil bich 07

      by lil bich 07 on February 17th, 2005

    • Good answer!!!

      scymitar72

      by scymitar72 on May 28th, 2005

    • what about cultures who worshiped the sun and belived heaven to be up there before the bible e.g. Ancient Egypt, Greece...?

      confused_kitten

      by confused_kitten on August 7th, 2006

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