>>7279205Think about it this way.
What makes the Christian hell eternal suffering? The answer from a believer is, "Because God's not there."
If you aren't religious, died, and found yourself forced into heaven, forced to spend eternity with a God you did not care about, you'd be rightfully pissed off. That's why the default is hell, and you would be happier without god than with him.
As for Hell itself, it is the same place as Sheol, the hebrew afterlife in the old testament, which was described more like oblivion than some endless torture chamber, which was exaggerated over the years, even to the point where people think the devil rules over hell.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”
I'd reconcile these differences with the new testament by saying it's a matter of perspective, sheol/hell being fucking terrible and the worst possible thing you could imagine to someone who deeply loves their God. But what do I know, I'm Lutheran.
