# Am I going to hell?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 23, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432 "2016-05-23T02:05:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/1 "2016-05-23T02:05:30Z")
First post here. I’m just wondering how people (mainly Christians) feel about my full support of the US Military?
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/2 "2016-05-23T02:09:58Z")
Who are you and why should we care?
Serious question. You can believe whatever you want. Why should anyone care if you do, or do not, support the U.S. Military? Or any military for that matter? And what does religion have to with supporting the military?
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### Author:  [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/3 "2016-05-23T02:10:34Z")
Okay, I’ll wade in… I am a Christian, and I appreciate anyone supporting the US military. Why should that affect whether or not you are going to Hell, especially based on Christian beliefs?
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### Author:  [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/4 "2016-05-23T02:14:34Z")
No, you are not going to hell, because it is a fictional place that does not exist\*. Your full support of the military may or may not be admirable, depending on what you mean by “full support”? Is your concern that you are rooting for people to successfully kill other people, and that you are worried that this is in conflict with your religion’s admonition to Not Kill?
\*I am not a Christian
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/5 "2016-05-23T02:15:13Z")
Another vote for not understanding the question? 😕
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### Author:  [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/6 "2016-05-23T02:16:00Z")
I’m Jewish. There is no hell.
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### Author:  [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/7 "2016-05-23T02:16:48Z")
> [@Moriarty](#):
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> No, you are not going to hell, because it is a fictional place that does not exist\*. Your full support of the military may or may not be admirable, depending on what you mean by “full support”? Is your concern that you are rooting for people to successfully kill other people, and that you are worried that this is in conflict with your religion’s admonition to Not Kill?
> \*I am not a Christian
😃 that would have to be the least necessary asterisk ever!
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/8 "2016-05-23T02:17:03Z")
Yes. Yes you are.
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/9 "2016-05-23T02:32:57Z")
You are in Hell right now.
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### Author:  [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/10 "2016-05-23T02:34:10Z")
Welcome
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### Author:  [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/11 "2016-05-23T02:34:28Z")
As far as I can tell, according to what I remember from reading the Bible, only people who deny Christ are going to hell. I don’t remember passage to heaven or hell having anything at all to do with supporting one’s country’s military or not.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/12 "2016-05-23T02:36:45Z")
> [@Moriarty](#):
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> No, you are not going to hell, because it is a fictional place that does not exist\*.
[Maybe he’s planning a trip to California.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_California)
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### Author:  [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/13 "2016-05-23T02:37:05Z")
> [@Poysyn](#):
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> Okay, I’ll wade in… I am a Christian, and I appreciate anyone supporting the US military. Why should that affect whether or not you are going to Hell, especially based on Christian beliefs?
I feel that because I’m a supporter of MY country and these kids that are trained to kill, that I’ll eventually end up in some sort of hell
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### Author:  [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/14 "2016-05-23T02:38:54Z")
> [@Moriarty](#):
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> No, you are not going to hell, because it is a fictional place that does not exist\*. Your full support of the military may or may not be admirable, depending on what you mean by “full support”? Is your concern that you are rooting for people to successfully kill other people, and that you are worried that this is in conflict with your religion’s admonition to Not Kill?
> \*I am not a Christian
Yeah, that .
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### Author:  [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/15 "2016-05-23T02:39:54Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#):
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> As far as I can tell, according to what I remember from reading the Bible, only people who deny Christ are going to hell. I don’t remember passage to heaven or hell having anything at all to do with supporting one’s country’s military or not.
The Quakers might disagree with you.
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### Author:  [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/16 "2016-05-23T02:40:30Z")
> [@jasnooks](#):
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> I feel that because I’m a supporter of MY country and these kids that are trained to kill, that I’ll eventually end up in some sort of hell
Well, I am in the military, so I guess I am one of those people “trained to kill” (we are trained to do a lot of other things too, by the way). According to Christian beliefs, that alone will not send either of us to Hell. Sleep easy
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/17 "2016-05-23T02:40:51Z")
My philosophy of life can pretty much be summarized as: “Fuck it.” I find it works in just about every situation and sets my mind at ease. Try it.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/18 "2016-05-23T02:44:00Z")
> [@jasnooks](#):
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> I feel that because I’m a supporter of MY country and these kids that are trained to kill, that I’ll eventually end up in some sort of hell
Do you support the police? Most police training is to shoot for the centre of body mass (i.e. most likely to be a lethal shot). If so, do you worry that you will go to hell for supporting the police?
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### Author:  [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/19 "2016-05-23T02:48:22Z")
> [@Flyer](#):
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> The Quakers might disagree with you.
Oh, definitely. If you (or I) happened to be measured against Quaker beliefs, then you (and I) are fucked.
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### Author:  [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-hell/755432/20 "2016-05-23T02:54:38Z")
Considering that the bible includes stories of people who are commanded by god to kill, I don’t think your god is going to be bothered by you supporting other people’s military actions. Just to be safe, though, I suggest that you try not to personally kill anyone (even if you think that god is telling you to).
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