• Yeather@lemmy.ca
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    Hell in its original form is not eternal torture. That is, for better or for worse, essentially fanfiction. Hell is described as an underworld completely disconnected from God’s light that Lucifer and the third who followed him were banished to. Christians just assume the banished angels will torture you for eternity.

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      fanfiction just assume

      Nah, it’s outright planned control from the church. Without hellfire, you can’t scare the kiddos straight. The imagery really sells it. Better take little Stevie weekly to get brainwashed indoctrinated or they’ll turn out to be a godless heathen and burn for eternity.