# Going To Hell For Not Attending Church

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-for-not-attending-church/195178>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-for-not-attending-church/195178 "2003-08-14T16:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-for-not-attending-church/195178/41 "2003-08-17T16:12:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by TVAA \*  
> \*\*Wasn’t he asking Abraham to have someone else dip his finger in the water? \*\*

IIRC, in the story, from hell he could see up into heaven, where he saw the beggar Lazarus in “Abraham’s bosom.” I really did think the man in hell was speaking to Jesus, but I could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![TVAA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-for-not-attending-church/195178/42 "2003-08-17T18:01:45Z")

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Since that was one of Jesus’ parables, it would have to be Abraham.

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