@neologist,
neologist wrote:
Yeah, but since the dead are not conscious, your concern makes no sense
You just answered the OP neo. Hell obviously doesn't really exist because being conscious is the only way I know of to experience anything. A non conscious being couldn't experience the Bible's version of Hell. The only way Hell could exist is if we are consciously experiencing Hell, which means we are probably in Hell RIGHT NOW. You, me, everybody. No one would ever expect it, punishment is real and happens to everyone alive in it's own different ways, and **** just seems to happen without our control.
To me, it's a ridiculous notion that we are already in Hell, but really it's the most logical way Hell could be real and really be a true punishment.
Bible Hell on the other hand is literal eternal punishment for people another group of people don't like. It's either be like us or roast when you die. Obviously something a human would come up with rather than a loving God. Your OP has been answered because it really makes no sense.