(January 24, 2016 at 3:38 am)robvalue Wrote: I think you're over complicating it.According to the fairy tales everyone will get out of the biblical hell on Judgment Day. Some can then get into the golden cube. Everyone else will be tossed into the lake of fire but they won't go back to hell. Compared to the lake of fire hell isn't that bad.
God decided that there should be Hell, which is probably the most evil concept most people could imagine. If you'd like to describe a more harmful and evil act anyone could ever do than to create a place specifically for unending suffering, I'd be interested. Especially since he is more aware than anyone just how much suffering he is creating. He has no excuses, especially if he's meant to be the standard of good. He can just snuff people out after death if he doesn't want them in his club.
Hell has nothing to do with redemption or anything like that, since once you're in you can't get out. It is god's revenge and serves no other purpose than showing how evil he is and how much he will hurt you, to scare you into obedience.
Back in reality however, you die and then that's very likely it. Every second spent worrying about hell is a waste. You may as well worry that you'll become a goblin after death and you'll have to listen to really high pitched music 23 hours a day.
In the Islamic fairy tale you can land in hell after Judgment Day. Islamic hell makes the lake of fire look very nice. Stay out of the Islamic hell.
Based on countless comments about hell it seems that people are actually thinking about the Islamic hell when they discuss hell. It seems that there's been a substantial transfer of beliefs about hell among the various religions.