Hell

There is one very serious defect to my mind in Christ's moral character, and that is that He believed in hell. I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment. - Bertrand Russell

Who believes in Hell? Is it a terrible place to which we sinners are condemned? Or is it a place of the imagination, fuelled by fears that have built upon the superstitions and religious relics of our society? - S. Kaye Saunders

Hell doesn't exist. Paradise doesn't exist.... they are only subjective dimensions of our minds, crystallized in ether formed by our active thoughts. In these regions, our inner sufferings last and multiply. - Maurizio Cavallo

The concept of hell doesn't fit the mould of a loving God. The god of the bible did not exist in any form, and ALL other gods were made up. Hell is imaginary, and Organized Religion only uses it to justify their religious dogma. No God of religion exists, and all holy books are no more than man-made mythology. As you live through intellectual honesty, you will reject the doctrine of hell and choose truth as your authority, rejecting authority as your truth. - Jawara D. King

Hell. It's one of those topics you don't bring up in polite conversation. Yet, according to a 2004 Gallup poll, 70 percent of Americans believe in hell. What exactly they believe about hell is not spelled out, but you can be sure that lots of colourful ideas are out there. Unfortunately, many of them originate from urban legends, spittle-spewing "fire and brimstone" preachers, and B-grade horror films (or some unfortunate combination of the three). - Sean McDowell