A small thanks to the resident Theists..

[Mystical]

@ luckie, I haven't answered your question because it took me many years of study, prayer and coming to an understanding of God to come to my belief of hell, I've stated many times it's not what most believe but for me it's the one that makes sense. I believe that the way I see hell makes it far worse than a hell of fire, physical pain can be far less painful than the mental anguish people bring upon their lives and to have eternity to do so, well I can't think of a worse way to live. Also one doing the punishing, not God, God is giving people a place to do that, all together. Man can not understand what it's like to be without any love, especially God's love. Even though many do not believe in Him that doesn't mean they do not receive His love, I believe that's why hell is described as a place of fire and brimstone, man's limited mind can not understand anything worse. As Forrest Gump said, "that's all I have to say about that."

GC

@Luckie, I said I believe in hell and the Bible tells us of hell and you do not know whether the Bible is using fire and brimstone for the absence
of God's love, so we might have an idea of the terrible thing people will put themselves through.

GC

Except that her goal was not to get to your truth, GC. You shifted goalposts without even telling her first. This particular discussion was about hell, and even that you were unable to address the way that Luckie had outlined. We understand if you just can't answer her questions, but totally ignoring them simply makes you look like a giant douche.

There's not multiple truths about hell, only one, it's for the unforgiven.

GC

Way to just push the goal posts back to generalizations rather than address the fact that nowhere in the Bible does it say hell is merely an 'absence of god'.