from http://www.jehovahinfo.org/hell
Hell Is Not Hot
Hell Is Not Eternal Torment
Hell Is The Grave - The Place Of The Dead
1. Man is a soul and he dies.
Genesis 2:7
Ezekiel 18:4
2. Jesus, a perfect soul, died.
Isaiah 53:12
1 Corinthians 15:3
3. The dead go to the grave.
Genesis 37:35 (KJV)
Job 14:13 (KJV)
4. There is no suffering after death.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Psalm 146:4
Psalm 6:5
5. Souls of beasts and sinful man have the
same destiny.
Ecclesiastes 3:19
Ecclesiastes 3:20
6. Jesus went to hell (sheol, hades) - the
grave.
Psalm 16:10
Acts 2:27
Acts 2:31
7. The wicked get death without possibility
of a resurrection (not torture).
Matthew 25:46 (NWT)
8. Gehenna [hell] here symbolizes
everlasting destruction. Soul here symbolizes the possibility of a resurrection.
Matthew 10:28 (NWT)
9. Righteous persons are retained in the
memory of Jehovah.
John 5:28-29
10. In Bible times jailers were called
tormentors.
Matthew 18:34
Matthew 18:30
11. Perpetual captivity of death is spoken
of as being tormented forever.
Revelation 20:10
12. Lake of fire is used to picture
everlasting destruction and no hope of a resurrection.
Revelation 20:10
Revelation 20:13-15
Revelation 21:8
13. Hell cannot be hot ("where the worm
dieth not").
Mark 9:43 (ASV, KJV, NWT)
Mark 9:48 (ASV, KJV, NWT)
14. Persons who have Jehovah's approval will
live forever on earth.
Psalm 37:29
Matthew 5:5
2 Peter 3:13
Revelation 21:1-4
Luke 23:42-43 (NWT)