Hell

Hell happens when we don't work together for peace, when we don't care about others, when we don't understand what suffering there is in this world.

Hell: A world in which everybody agrees with me.

Some religions believe the truest nature of hell is the absence of the Beloved. Satan's crime was not his desire for man's reverence; it was his jealousy for God's attention. This is perhaps the worst case of sibling rivalry ever recorded.

hell, in theology, any place or state of punishment and privation for human souls after death. more strictly, the term is applied to the place or state of eternal punishment of the damned, whether angels or human beings. the doctrine of the existence of hell is derived from the principle of the necessity for vindication of divine justice, combined with the human experience that evildoers do not always appear to be punished adequately in their lifetime. belief in a hell was widespread in antiquity and is found in most religions of the world today.

If Heaven is a place on Earth, then what is Hell?

Sartre said, »Hell is ... other people.«

A wealthy farmer went to church one Sunday. After services he said to the priest, »Father, that was a damned good sermon you gave, damned good!«
»I'm happy you liked it,« said the priest. »But I wish you wouldn't use those terms in expressing yourself.«
»I can't help it,« said the rich farmer. »I still think it was a damned good sermon. In fact, I liked it so much I put a hundred dollar bill in the collection basket.«
»The hell you did?!« replied the priest.

Hell is not an easy topic to discuss since I have never been there-- at least not in the physical sense.

If hell is where we go to learn
It might as well be here on earth
If heaven is the place we earn
When all our deeds are judged enough
Then should your concrete footsteps stop
To watch this town go down in flames
You'll feel your feet touch grass again
Could be you'll find you're going sane