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¿Question #3617?
Randy Cox: Think of your favorite person to be with (spouse, SO, sibling, best friend,...). Call that person your Beloved One. Now, suppose there were an afterlife and that your SO were going to Hell. Would you rather spend eternity with your Beloved One in Hell, or leave them to their own devices and go to Heaven?

Woelf: That maybe depend on why she's going to Hell. If it's for murdering me, maybe it would be best if we spent some time apart...
jhenke: I'd go with them to Hell, but the devil would seperate us right off--it is Hell after all.
beerbear: I got to be good so I can go to heaven when I leave this world.
MisterCranky: This answer brought to you by Turkey Basters Anonymous.
joetee: ...can I bring board games down there???
Felimid: I'd rather be with my S.O. no metter where she was, Hell or Heaven.
Hector Vortac: Answering this question without being flippant requires many assumptions to be dealt with. Randy starts off well enough be saying specifically "SUPPOSE there were an afterlife...", but there are so many variable interpretations of almost every word in this topic that it's hard to imagine any 2 people starting from the same point. I was going to suggest defining Hell as a New Jersey toxic clean-up site or Osama bin Laden's cave, and Heaven as Disneyland or a beach in Cancun - to be as flippant as I was suggesting others would be. Then I thought of defining Heaven and Hell in secular terms that approximate what they in the religious. In the context of this question that would mean you are 'together' with your SO but he/she (they) are in the room next to you, you can't see them, and they are screaming in pain - forever. It's supposed to be an approximation of the 'denial of Beatific Vision', a term used in religious and secular philosophy. Truth is, another poster, Culvan (Darryl Shpak) pretty much nailed it with previous answer. So for anyone who missed it a few years ago, hear it goes again: "The operating assumptions here are: There is no sorrow in Heaven, and no joy in Hell. From this, I conclude that my Beloved One will be equally miserable regardless of where I am, whereas I will be infinitely happier in Heaven. Thus, there is no conceivable benefit to either party if I'm in Hell, ergo Heaven is the obvious choice."
alcazar84: leave them to their own devices, I'd rather find some other Beloved One in heavan to be with. Billy Joel would rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. I'd rather be crying with the saints.
pwilz: I expect that it's impossible to answer without knowing more about heaven and hell. If heaven is indeed total bliss, while hell is total misery, I really don't think that I have enough willpower to say, "Hey, while this eternity of the worst pain I've ever felt is bad, at least I'm with you, baby. Forget an eternity of feeling better than you ever made me feel. There's a principle here!" Of course, I don't think positively of anyone who puts me or anyone else in that situation.
gobion: I don't believe in heaven, but were there to be an afterlife I would spend it with my beloved as anywhere else would be hell.
Tomba: Send them to Heaven. They deserve it.
ZeroZilla: It is a little-understood fact that the words translated Hell in the Bible most often refer to 'the grave'. Occasionally, they mean destruction instead. If my Beloved One chose destruction, which is still possible although she doesn't seem the type, she'd go there alone, if I could help it. It's a cruel reality that you can't choose anyone or thing over what's right and have that be O.K.
Polgara: why are you assuming i'd go to heaven?
MrHen: I think that your interpretation of Hell is different from mine.
aleo09: .
ironsizide: Better to rule in hell...
xofour: So, if I get a choice, then I choose to convince my Beloved One to come to heaven with me. I know you didn't specify that. But either you get a choice, or you don't. If you do get a choice, then BO (beloved one) gets a choice. So I choose to have BO's choice make me happy.
matthan: I don't have any reference points for what Heaven and Hell are like, so my answer would be moo.
diemacher: Both options are made up and a fantasy
Benzebub: I'd rather spend eternity with my Beloved One, though I don't think I'd get the choice, nor do I suppose that my Beloved One would be doomed to Hell.
DHEK: Go to Heaven and see if there's a way for you to get them saved. Sacrificing yourself without reason will not accomplish anything worthwhile.
Chad Jensen: These types of hypothetical questions are as useless as pimples on a puppy.
Brentoon: Alright, let's look at the oposing arguments. First off, we have the people saying that Heaven would be hell without their BO(beloved one) and then we got people saying that no matter what you will be happy in heaven and miserable in hell, ergo heaven is an obvious choice. We have those two sides, and no mortal man can answer it....aside from me. How it is settled: Take a peak at St. Peter's book, find out whereever Carson Daley is (probably Hell) and go in the opposite direction. Even if divine law states that you will always be happy in heaven, Carson Daley's Carson Daley enough to break Divine law and make it absolutely horrible
2amp: me? heaven? like that'll ever happen...
POvidiusNaso: She'd want me to go to heaven, right? Right? Right?
martybjsg: Heaven it is.
tagger418: Later Sinner, I'll tell Mary Magdolin you said "What up?"
Reloaded: hell with the beloved one... we'd turn that place around in no time!
dictator555: Hey, that was my favorite Robin Williams movie, too!
ZombyDawg: I think your roommate in Hell is always the person you'd least want to be stuck through eternity with and the door is locked and they want to touch you (a lot).
JonBen: I will let them go to hell and visit them on the weekends
scriptorum: I'd rather hatch an escape plan for my Beloved One (BO). Hell sounds pretty bad. I can't imagine my being there makes it more enjoyable for anyone.
XenoMaster: I'm so much like my favorite person God will send us to the same place
vampywife: I would rather spend an eternity with my Beloved One in Hell.
defcon311: Heaven please
Jet Jaguar: Nevermind my SO. Pat Boone is going to heaven, and Elvis is in Hell. Why would I want to hang out with Pat Boone?
skrutsch: From what I believe about heaven, I'd be happy there even without my Beloved One.
Syrion: Heaven.
Beowulf: While I hope that I share Chad Krizan's situation, I can never be sure of anyone else's salvation. Therefore Darryl Shpak slam-dunked this one.
Gregol: How about we both rot in the ground.
Dave: The latter, going on the assumption that they play Death Metal in Hell, and Soft Rock in Heaven.
stray_flux: It's their life to do with as they will.
Cyren: im a newlywed, id say the sickening answer.. spend eternity in hell (ps I have started drinking now ;p)
Tushratta: I can't imagine that being together in hell with your Beloved One™ is any consolation because, hey, you're in hell!
davebo: Heaven
Culvan: I almost skipped this one, but couldn't help but analyze it. The operating assumptions here are: There is no sorrow in Heaven, and no joy in Hell. From this, I conclude that my Beloved One will be equally miserable regardless of where I am, whereas I will be infinitely happier in Heaven. Thus, there is no conceivable benefit to either party if I'm in Hell, ergo Heaven is the obvious choice.
Dorque: We would bust out of hell and roam the eternities.
Jim_P: They're on their own.
Belash: hell with SO
snoozefest: wow ... given Hell's rep, I'd have to say Heaven
Ron Stuckel: Leave them, Hell is isolation you won't know anyone's with you.
sourwyrm: um
Lord_Prussian: I don't think it works that way.
CharlieWonka: If they are going to hell then it is much more likely you are going there anyway - so don't fix it if it don't need fixing. See you in Hell.
jttm: Hell
puffinge: No, Randy part of the definition of heaven is that things that seem monumental now will pale to insignificance once you have experienced the joy of heaven, blah, blah, blah, yuuuuuuuuuuk.
chaddyboy_2000: I would make sure, that during my lifetime, my SO believed and trusted in Christ, ensuring her a place in heaven. Thankfully, she already does believe in God, so I won't have to worry about this problem!
skelebone: I'd stick with the beloved one.
CDRodeffer: Of those two, the latter, I suppose. But I would hope for neither of these.
CortexBomb: Interesting philosophical question...I would need to think about it, but my first impulse would be suffer with them...but I think the logician side of me would be callous and abandon them too
Randy Cox: If I didn't opt for Hell, then wouldn't that eternity in Heaven without my Beloved One be a form of Hell?