To Hell and Back

Matthew Dovel believes he saw a glimpse of hell in a near-death experience.

While a number of people have come out, some in books, describing brief experiences in heaven in near-death situations, not many have reported having gone to hell and back.

For the majority of Americans, God and heaven are real, a recent Gallup poll revealed. Fewer, however, said they believed in the devil and hell. Belief in hell peaked in 2001 to 71 percent after the Sept. 11 attacks but fell to 69 percent today.

Some individuals, most notably Universalists, believe God is too good and too loving to allow people to spend eternity in hell. Bishop Carlton D. Pearson, who ministers Higher Dimensions Family Church in Tulsa, Okla., grew his church to 6,000 members as he preached the fundamentals of Christianity - Jesus Christ is the only way to eternal life. But he now preaches that all of humanity is destined for heaven.

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