How to Go to Hell in Every Religion (Detailed Instructions) 

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finally i can stop being a casual sinner and i can start to be a competitive sinner

I have been told to "go to hell" several times but this is the first time I've been given actual specific directions.

Ferb, I know what we're going to do today.

As an atheist I'm honored to know that every hell is fighting for my presence

I love how he asked them how to get to hell and EACH OF THEM interpreted it as how to avoid hell

Normal people = how to escape from hell This dude = how to go to hell in every religion

There’s something really healing about the way this video is framed, like my whole life there have been people trying to use fear of hell to control my mind and body; just taking the fear out of the conversation is really nice. Rigorous, unserious discussions are kinda healing.

0:40 Christianity 12:24 Hinduism 17:20 Buddhism 27:17 Islam 39:45 Judaism

People keep telling me to do this. Nice to finally have a guide on how

As a child I strongly wished to die tragically so I could go straight to heaven and it seems like many others thought the same thing. Is really hard to avoid hell as an adult lmao

as a hindu I've been told that both hell and heaven coexist on earth and we all are in it already. some people are blessed so they are living in heaven and some are unfortunate because of poverty, toxic family, illness, depression, etc some people are living in hell. it's not some place outside earth that you travel after death

They say that if you managed to go to Hell in every religion, you unlock the “True Hell”, an amalgamation of all religious depictions of hell, and the King of that True Hell gives up his crown to you as dictated by the crown-bearing passage of True Hell. Now you have to hope nobody else ever manages to go to Hell in every religion, or you’ll also have to pass the crown to them and face your punishment.

One of my close friends recently went to Hell, stayed there for few days and returned. He said it was a beautiful experience, and I too hope to visit Norway someday.

Really helpful for my Hell% speedrun attempts. Thanks!👍

**Ancient Greek Tartarus:** cannibalism, familicide, assaulting/kidnapping/impersonating a god, robbing temples, murder and tyranny (some crimes like manslaughter could be mitigated if the victims forgave them after a trial period). I think you’re good. **Ancient Egyptian damnation** (getting your heart/soul eaten): 42 judges would analyze your sins-like bearing false witness-then consider the context and advise Anubis. Even murder could be excused if you were, say, preventing greater loss of life. I have no context for your actions as weighed against the feather of truth, so 🤷‍♀️

Gotta do a hell speedrun

When telling someone to go to hell isn't enough, now you can give them detailed instructions.

The hindu version seems very off though. Hinduism doesn't really have a hell or heaven. The idea is to escape the cycle of rebirth because this life is already hell, so that your soul can join the big soul. That being said, it's a religion which does not have one single text as a source and there are many narratives based on who you ask. But broadly speaking, heaven and hell aren't really a thing in religion, it's a western religion thing.

I don't need someone to tell me what hell looks like. I've already been to high school.

As an atheist I can just imagine every religion's demons all struggling to pull me into their own hells like "SHE'S MINE!" "NO SHE'S MINE!"

Growing up with Buddhism hell stories, you have no idea how terrifying it was. As a kid, every time I did sth I was not supposed to, I was scared the ground would crack open and swallow me up. It didn't help that I would go out of my ways to read up various 'true stories' out of morbid fascination. Probably how my horror addiction started.

This is my favorite youtube video of all time. Thank you. Very helpful.

Me, as a woman- I’m playing this game on easy mode 😭

00:00 Christianity 12:00 Hinduism 17:25 Buddhism 27:17 Islam 39:47 Judaism

I like the idea that not knowing about Islam or Judaism gives you a degree of protection from their hells. Partially because it seems more considerate, but also because it reminds me of Terry Pratchett's idea that people only went to hell if they believed they deserved it, 'which is why it is important to shoot missionaries on sight'.

In Buddhism, the concept of hells and heavenly realms diverges significantly from many traditional religious interpretations. These realms are not physical places, like an underground dungeon for wrongdoers or cloud-filled paradises for the righteous. Instead, they symbolize different states of mind and existence that we might experience in our current life based on our actions and intentions. Rather than a divine being meting out punishments or rewards, one's experiences in these realms are shaped by karma-the natural consequences of one's thoughts, words, and deeds. This is illustrated by the beings close to the hub on the Buddhist Wheel of Life. Thus, in a Buddhist context, one can be in a "hell" or "heaven" at any moment, depending on one's mindset and the repercussions of one's actions. Nirvana, the ultimate goal in Buddhism, transcends these dualistic realms, representing a state of liberation and enlightenment beyond conventional experiences of suffering or pleasure. It's important to note that while the foundational teachings of Buddhism describe certain realms of existence, many of the detailed descriptions of hells and other realms have been influenced and expanded upon by various cultures that adopted Buddhism. As the teachings traveled and evolved, unique cultural interpretations and narratives emerged, adding layers to the original concepts.

this is the best tutorial i've watched ever, thanks.

If evil demons torture you in hell for your sins, don’t those demons work for God?

Going to hell on accident due to your actions in life: ❌ Going to hell on purpose so you can spend your afterlife eviscerating the hordes of hell: 👌

Thanks for posting the speedrun guide.

We on that villain arc 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Jokes aside excited to watch this, this channel just showed up in my recommendations and I’ve been pretty entertained so far.

Fun fact Hell is often described as being filled with brimstone(sulfur) and sulfur burns with a blue flame, so realistically Hell would have blue flames rather than the red it’s usually depicted with.

To be honest my fear isn’t Hell or Heaven, my fear is of Eternity, whether it’s horrific or tremendous. To experience anything forever, something that will never end, to truly try and grasp that concept…you can’t. I can’t. That is probably my one true fear

As someone who fell out of Faith after being raised by two Buddhist parents who each converted from a different kind of Christianity, I have been told by my extended family that I'm definitely going to. Hell, I've been told by my parents that I might have a hard time, and being queer and having tattoos doesn't help. I love studying this stuff but f*** if I don't hope the authorities of the hereafter have a sense of humor.

this speedrun about to be devious

OMG THIS WORKED!! Currently in hell right now because of these amazing instructions! Thanks!!

My father always said, ‘if you’re going to do something, do it well!’ Now I can finally do hell well! Thank you!

"It depends on who you ask," and what year it is, like I always say. That is what we call a catch-all answer. If the "truth" "depends on who you ask," then nobody knows the truth.

In Hinduism there is a scripture that explains hells in detail and what will happen if you do something wrong. It is in very detail, and when some one dies that story/what hell is described. So there family can do good deeds on behalf of the dead one THE SCRIPTURE IS CALLED ("GARUN PURAN") 13:11 she is telling correctly but shes missing some crucial facts. DISCLAIMER "This scripture is only readed by the saint when someone dies in the family"

that moment when you activly try to commit every sin in every religion so all the gods start fighting over you to determin who has the right to trow you into their version of hell preventing you from actually being sentenced.

When I was five, my parents enrolled me into Cat Steven's funded Islamic School in London and one memory that sticks with me is the Islamic studies teacher teaching us about hell and how if we weren't 'good Muslims' and didn't do as we were told that we would go to hell. One punishment that was burned into my brain was the one where the angels would hold you down onto a boulder and would use a rock to smack your head into pieces. They would then put your head back together only to do it over and over again. I was in shock and watched all the other little five year old scream and cry. Indoctrination at its finest.

Thanks, really needed this.

thanks man, I've been looking everywhere for tutorials. This is the first one that has been helpfull.

I am Hindu and in my language from where I'm from I've rarely ever heard people say "go to hell" but rather " you'll face the consequences of your karma (deeds) (karma bhogana)" I think most Hindus in general aren't really concerned with heaven and hell but rather next life lol We all know no one ain't getting moksha XD

Being raised Catholic giving up on the notion of eternal torment in hell was the hardest thing I had to come to terms with. I give Jews a lot of credit for not having a notion of hell as a way to maintain control. This was a fun trek through the various notions of hell, a great Christmas present.

Thanks for the tutorial!

I love the idea of this video and how you executed it. I just wished you interviewed more ethnic people to talk about their own religions/expertise although I can appreciate that you made sure to get experts and scholars on. Overall great work!

Timestamps! 0:00 - Intro 0:39 - Christian Hell (w/ Dr. Ehrman) 11:30 - Is Drew going to hell in Christianity? 12:03 - Hindu/Buddhist Hell (w/ Dr. Mikles) 25:38 - Is Drew going to hell in Hinduism/Buddism? 27:16 - Islamic Hell (w/ Let's Talk Religion) 39:10 - Is Drew going to hell in Islam? 39:44 - Jewish Hell (w/ Dr. Sledge) 48:40 - Is Drew going to hell in Judaism?

These Hells all have one thing in common: the punishments do not fit the crimes. It's just people trying to imagine the worst punishment they can think of and then deciding that is what hell is like. Hell is a man-made idea; it's not real.

Finally someone with clear instructions.❤

Tysm for this tutorial I’ve been told to “go to hell” so many times but I never knew how, this is super useful 🙏

I like it when people with different beliefs can discuss things peacefully without disrespecting each other. Thanks for this video.

“Are you being suspended by something if you’re a bad boy?” - Drew, 2022

Thanks for the tutorial, I’m going to try this immediately 🤗

Natasha Mikles to seem to have been educated on Hinduism on Mullerian standards. The word Dalit (as a person) is absent in the scriptures. And the Varnashrama Dharma only discusses 4 : Brahmin, Vaishya, Kshatriya Shudra.

"Depending on who you ask" is entirely accurate. Back in the old days of Catholic school I was told that not believing and not being baptised would not send you to hell, because even if you sinned, it was because you didn't know better, and would be sent to limbo. If you believed and were baptised, dying with mild sins would send you to purgatory, kinda like a hell lite, and where you could purge your soul and get in heaven eventually. If you died with mortal sins, you went to hell, unless you repented on your death bed and were administered the last rites.

I love how Dr Mikles has a favorite hell. She seems so fun to talk to.

This is the best tutorial so far, thank u can't wait 😅

Re: judaism, at least from the perspective of an insider, hell and the afterlife in general is very rarely talked about. If you ask a well-informed scholar he’ll of course know of the more obscure mysticism, but having gone to hebrew school for many years and practiced my whole life, it was never talked about once. We just don’t focus on the afterlife much. I only learned the term Gehanna from this video, as a matter of fact. There is some obscure lore and mysticism about it but it’s just not a focus the way it is in christianity (and other religions afaik?). So by asking about it directly you might believe it’s a bigger deal than it really is to most of us. Either way love the channel and great work! edit: Also as a non-orthodox jew who occasionally eats cheeseburgers I’m ready for my stint in Gehanna and probably an eternity in every other religion’s hell :P

I gotta say, the timing of this video is pristine. Just in time for Christmas: "How to go to hell, in multiple religions." Love it.

My parents keep telling me to do so. Thank you for giving me clear instructions!

I think one of the fascinating things about Hinduism is that doesn't focus too much on descriptions of hell as much as the idea of falling from heaven to earth. The story Dr. Mikels tells is a fascinating one in that the heroes, the Pandavas, go to hell, along with Yudhisthira, but the latter also finds that the antagonists, the Kauravas, who are quite the vile bunch, in heaven (having died on the battlefield, they get a direct ticket to heaven). It was a weird concept to me, and I still don't fully understand it. I've been told the idea is that there is a different standard of behaviour for the good, and they can't be held to the same standards of Dharma as the evil. Even though all of this is factually nonsense, I just can't help loving those stories.

"depends on who you ask" I think is the best, and most overlooked, answer to just about any religious question. People tend to make sweeping generalizations of "oh Christians believe this, Muslims believe this, Buddhists believe this" but religion is a lot more complicated than that. Within religions you can have anywhere from dozens to thousands of sects, all with varying beliefs on different issues. But even then, that also misrepresents. The official standpoint of, say for example, the Roman Catholic church, does not necessarily apply to all people who identify as Roman-Catholics, everyone has their own unique views. Now obviously, you can only cover so much in a limited amount of time, which is why people devote their lives to studying religious topics, but you do have to be careful not to generalize to the point where you are lumping hundreds of millions or even billions of people into the same category. That only leads to further division and misunderstanding.

"Worship me or ill endlessly torture you" sounds like free will to me

Thanks for the cordinates ❤😊

The most interesting part of this video is the part about the Buddhist women and the folk hell, and how many cultures come up with the idea of Hell and the different religions absorb the idea from the culture, not the other way ‘round. Also I think the idea of women being cursed isn’t to subjugate women, but to recognize that being born a woman is often “inauspicious”. If you believe in Karma it makes sense to think that it’s because you “deserved it” in a previous life (probably by being a crappy man)

I'd love if you did a follow up on this with some of the more minor religions! I love hearing Ocean Keltoi and others in Neopagan circles discussing what we know about the old faiths' afterlives and how the perception's been warped by pervasive christianity.. and we can rack up even more hell-adjacent afterlives to go to!

I would love to see a tutorial for speedrunning every hell. In other words, what's the most efficient combination of things I can do to maximize the number of hells I enter? Maybe adultery only gets me in to 50% of hells but murder is 80% and murder + a hamburger is 92%. By finding the most efficient combination, I bet we could get an all access VIP hell tour pass in a matter of seconds with just a few simple actions and statements!

Thanks bro I really needed this tutorial.

My favorite part about being a Norse Pagan is that there is no belief or threat of eternal damnation. Basically just be a decent person, be a good host, give a gift after receiving one, and take care of others. Late edit: There is a place called "Nastrond" where the worst of the worst go but not much else is known.

So basically not only do you "suffer the mental anguish of being separated from God" but you ALSO, as Dr. Ehrman described it, get to imagine others' Instagram-versions of themselves in Heaven. DEFINITELY the modern take on Hell. 👍🏼😂

This is such an interesting line of questioning! Thank you for bringing it up! Seeing the different versions of hell, I've just realized that hell is depicted as a highly detailed bureaucratic institution in Chinese folk mythology (阴曹地府). There's also an apparent economic system where descendants burn paper money that can be used by their ancestors in hell. This operates in an almost 'Quid Pro Quo' fashion, where the ancestors bless the living with good fortune in return (saying it out loud in English now, it sounds so strange 😂). Note: I'm not a Religious/Folklore Studies expert, so take this with a grain of salt."

Thanks for the tutorial man

I was pretty much under the impression that going to hell in any religion that HAS a hell to go to, is simply a matter of not believing in their religion. There are other ways as well, but that would be the simplest way I would think.

Being a Buddhist from India, i dont think i was ever told abt heaven or hell or whether it even matters. No such thing.. i was pretty much told karma matters, both in thoughts and action. The only other thing i was taught was that it is important to practice Sadhana.. to meditate.. by that I don't mean introspection or self analysis etc.. what i mean is to have a breath practice to get the body and breath in sync.. to try for a meditative state. The goal eventual is to attain Nirvana.. heaven, hell, actions thoughts are all distractions on the path🙏🤷 happy new yr folks!

Thanks. This will be a lot easier and cheaper than my other bucket list.

This is very helpful, I will try all of these methods and see which ones work!

Dr Sledge's description of the "roaming ghosts" who are rejected by both heaven and hell brings to my mind the origin of Halloween's Jack O'Lantern: 'People have been making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed “Stingy Jack.” According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. 'Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years. 'Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as “Jack of the Lantern,” and then, simply “Jack O’Lantern.” 'In Ireland and Scotland, people began to make their own versions of Jack’s lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits. In England, large beets are used. Immigrants from these countries brought the jack-o’-lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack-o’-lanterns.' -- www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins

This is really helpful for the people trying to speedrun the bad ending Keep up the good work!

just the guide i was looking for!

Thank you for the tutorial!

I grew up an Evangelical and was taught about the horrors of Hell from a young age. I consider teaching kids that crap child abuse! It terrified me! I lived in fear of messing up and God sending me there. Even though I am an atheist now, there is still a small part of me that fears Hell. Yes, I was that indoctrinated! It is very hard to get over.

The art of Buddhist and Hindu hells is really interesting. Jainism also has their own hells, which are practically impossible to avoid going to.

In Hinduism, the importance does not lie in punishment in hell. The emphasis is on reincarnation, which gives one who did wrong another chance rather than simply punishing them. And I think that is a better approach.

Thanks! Very helpful tutorial! Will use

The guys that said “if you’re a Jew it’s easy.. just die” that made me laugh so hard idk why

There is a Swedish comedian who said that as a child he realized the best way to stay out of Christian Hell. And that was - sin all your life and do what you want, and when you are close to death - say to god "I'm sorry, I repent".

Excellently informative ty

I grew up Shia muslim which in some ways more relaxed than Sunni Islam and more intense in other ways. I was taught that the biggest sin is denying God, next biggest sin is murder and then there was a whole tier system for sins. Basically 99.999% of people who sin would go to hell, be tortured for their sins and then sent to heaven (wearing a mark on their forehead to show they were previously in hell). The small percentage left would go to hell for eternity (hitler was a prominent example). Being unjust/using wealth that is obtained through unjust ways is a big sin (honestly I've never seen people preaching this actually practice it). I was also taught that Allah is just the Arabic word for God so we have the same God as Christians and Jews. Islam is the "lastest and last version" but people who follow one of the main 5 profits (Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammad) are technically worshipping the same God and therefore are not committing the sin of denial. Also heaven has different tiers and as long as you don't commit murder or sth you can get to the lowest tier. Covering up also has a range so if you are covered head to toe, you get top tier heaven. Mothers get an automatic boost (both biological and adoptive) in heaven tiers. There is still a difference between different Shia cultures. For example my family would mostly focus on avoiding the sins that are harmful like bullying, disrespecting God's creations (harming the environment), stealing, judging etc. while many other families focused on the more stereotypical "covering up" and "daily prayer". We avoided talking about it with them because they saw us as "sinners" and we saw them as "shallow and hypocritical". Anyway, as I grew up and I realised my family wasn't really muslim by shia standards. We just thought there were some good points in there, cherry picked them and just went with it. So many friend interactions with them being horrified at my family stories makes sense now. We were terrible muslims🤣

I love how casual this is. It definitely lessened my fear of hell, as a new atheist.

I love how you have all these ethical and philosophical discussions of how you get into Hell and it's nature in most religions, and then you get to Judaism and it's very bureaucratic and technical. "Hell is a washing machine, but you get vacations. But if you haven't applied for our services then you get a free pass."

Thanks for the to-do list

Putting this on my bucket list

Up to the Islam bit (and I've heard Christians make this similar statement)... If not knowing Islam gives you a free pass to heaven... but knowing about it and rejecting it sends you to hell. Wouldn't the most moral thing to be to not talk about your religion, to let it die out? Then the most amount of people as possible end up in heaven.

I find it very disgusting how some people who created some of these traditions suggest that some people will go to one hell or another for acts of no fault of their own like disbelief, accidentally getting menstrual blood on somebody, and other similar things. How in the world anyone figures people should be tortured for honest mistakes is beyond me.

Very informative! Thanks!

Thank you for this guide 🙏 Now I can experience the depths 🗣️🔥

So I grew up in an extremely religious household. The fear of going to hell was very real to me for a long time. Over the years I started questioning things and noticed many inconsistencies with not just the Bible, but also with the people who claimed to believe in the Bible. I realize that some people need something to believe in because most of it comes from a fear of the unknown. My mother wholeheartedly believes in God and the words of the Bible. I, unfortunately, do not. I've realized that I'm much too skeptical to believe ANYTHING on faith, and because of that, I kind of envy people who can believe things like that. Life is a lot simpler when you think you know what happens after you die and I'm happy it brings my mother peace.

24:15 this actually happened to me when i was 12 apparently my version of hell was called "highschool" i heard it's pretty common