Hell and Christianity

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

It's kinda of like that...

Says your religion, but not mine. Two factors mitigate against the view, in my opinion.

1. It does not glorify God, because it reduces him from King and Father to merely Tyrant, making him merely the Devils opposite.

2. It harms hummanity and leads to Sin by removing the feeling of personal responsibility.

Your talk of Elohim punishing the Egyptians has made me need to listen to Metallica...

My friend posited that the God of Jesus is all-forgiving, regardless of what you've done.

I agree with your friend, but in order to benefit from forgiveness you have to accept it; which requires penitence; which provokes anguish in the Soul for Sin.