My personal hell would probably involve listening to classical music with lots of flutes being used, while washing my laundry. I'm pretty confident of that because I'm currently experiencing it.
believer258 said:
EDIT: And I believe Hell is real, this is just something I would call hell. By extension, you've claimed God isn't real, would you kindly change that to a more, ahem, politically correct point of view (like "some believe, some don't")? Not trying to be a jerk, but that just struck me for some reason.
Actually man, I'm pretty sure that the concept of hell as you're thinking is really the one furthered by fiction like Dante's Inferno and to a similar extent the Catholic Church as a way of motivating people to be good in life. The word hell isn't actually in the christian bible if I remember right (please correct me if I'm wrong). Also:
-Those who believe in universal reconciliation (regardless of their root religion) do not believe in an *eternal* hell as they believe everyone is eventually forgiven
-Pretty sure jehovah's witnesses see hell as a state of nonexistence, not torment, since the soul ceases to exist when you die (oblivion, not torture)
-Lots of people of faith do not believe that a loving god would even create a hell
tl;dr : God exists without Hell for lots of people, denying Hell is not denying God.
Don't get me wrong, I couldn't care less, but you could also be more politically correct than you were. I think it's better if we all strive to be less sensitive and take things in the spirit in which they were given, said, or posted ; )
