Hell

[OnlyNatural]

Oh really? God must have made a mistake when designing our brains, then, since actual critical thinking, about the Bible as well as our accumulated real-world evidence, tends to move people further away from belief in the supernatural, not closer.

How did you come to this conclusion?

Because critical thinking entails questioning the assumptions you hold and evaluating the evidence for your beliefs. There is no evidence for God or the afterlife, and yet the faithful believe. Normally, a hypothesis that is not supported by evidence is modified or discarded. What makes religious claims exempt?

That is the first of the Ten Commandments, yes. What follows?

What follows is irrelevant, the Bible is no more sacred or valid a source of knowledge than any other compilation of ancient mythical writings.

Back to the topic of Hell, of course I find it very improbable, for reasons others have mentioned. I especially think it's contemptible that the idea of eternal torment is indoctrinated in some children. But even if someone just interprets Hell to be a place of eternal death/annihilation without conscious awareness, what's the difference between that and good old-fashioned non-religious death? God is unnecessary, and it's nothingness either way.