Hell

The Watchtower and Hell

Watchtower teaching denies the existence of hell. They say that it is only "Sheol" or the "grave".
By doing this they deceive themselves into thinking that they are exempt from the torment of everlasting fire. Scripture is clear, however, that there is a literal place called Hell which is distinct from the grave or death.

In Luke 16:19-31 we read that Lazarus looked up in torment. This was after he died and was in the grave. The passage itself distinguishes between the grave and hell the place of torment. Jesus does not teach this as merely a "story" or a "parable" it is taught as a real event with real people.

Notice the words of Lazarus in this account, "27"He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' "

Lazarus is asking Abraham to allow someone to go back from the dead to warn his brothers so they would not join in, "this place of torment".

According to the Watchtower however;

Definition: The word hell is found in many
Bible translations. In the same verses other
translations read the grave, the world of the
dead, and so forth. Other Bibles simply
transliterate the original-language words that are
sometimes rendered hell; that is, they express
them with the letters of our alphabet but leave the
words untranslated. What are those words? The
Hebrew sheohl' and its Greek equivalent hai'des,
which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to
the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek
ge'enna, which is used as a symbol of eternal
destruction. However, both in Christendom and in
many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is
a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked,
after death, are punished (and some believe that this
is with torment).
You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth, p. 81

Even "good: people go to hell according to the Watchtower!

Yes, good people go to the Bible hell. For
example, the good man Job, who was suffering a
great deal, prayed to God: O that in Sheol [grave,
King James Version; hell, Douay Version] you
would conceal me, . . . that you would set a time
limit for me and remember me! (Job 14:13) Now
think: If Sheol means a place of fire and torment,
would Job wish to go and spend his time there until
God remembered him? Clearly, Job wanted to die
and go to the grave that his sufferings might end.
You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth, p. 81

By re defining our post death existence (that we have a Soul that lives on after our body dies they teach that there is nothing left that will be subject to torment.

But just what does the Bible say about torment
after death? If you have read earlier chapters of this
book, you know that many common beliefs about
the dead are false. You know, according to the
Bible, that no soul or spirit separates from the body
at death and continues conscious existence. Hence,
there is no Scriptural foundation for the doctrine of
eternal torment after death, for nothing survives that
can be subjected to literal torment.
The Truth Shall Set You Free, p. 90-91

Dear Jehovah's Witness, be not deceived, there is a literal hell that is a horror beyond all imagination. Following the false Jesus of the Watchtower and a system of works will get you there. If you have doubts and would like to speak to someone who will not judge you and who is NOT an apostate there are people available to answer any question you have.

Witness Inc.