A question for Christians.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Then whats the point of hell? Bad people could just go to the purgatory and wait for couple million years...

No, because the people who go to hell, have heard the gospel and had their chance.

[CountArach]

By that definition I am going to Hell... oh well.

So can someone explain to me what the Bible says actually occurs in Hell? Is it all fire and pain, as Hollywood as convinced us? And if so, how does one feel pain if one has no body - just a soul?

[Husar]

So can someone explain to me what the Bible says actually occurs in Hell? Is it all fire and pain, as Hollywood as convinced us? And if so, how does one feel pain if one has no body - just a soul?

It's distance from God, since every human needs God and depends on him, distance from God is supposedly the worst possible punishment. That's what I've been told, haven't really investigated it myself.
I think it's a very strong mental pain, maybe like the mental pain after being raped or lovesickness, only a lot stronger. And I'm not sure about the body part, the bible mentions that people in heaven get a perfect body IIRC.

[Divinus Arma]

It's distance from God, since every human needs God and depends on him, distance from God is supposedly the worst possible punishment.

That would be the worst thing possible. To be self aware, absent anything else.

[Zain]

I figure I should jump into this one... first of all by stating what I think of the topic and going from there.

I believe that one who has NEVER heard the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Creator God is allowed a free pass because it's not their fault they didn't accept God in the first place. I believe the believers themselves will be held accountable for that.

Just like a young child of 3 that dies in a car accident. Does that child go to hell because it's not old enough to make a decision or understand what's going on when it had gone to church every sunday with it's parents, but had never made a decision on it's own. The answer is no. All children under the age of accountability is innocent in God's eyes.

Thanks for having this discussion guys, it's a good one to discuss.