Have you ever read the River of Fire? It might be worth reading, it totally changed my former Methodist image of Hell (a real Dante\'s Inferno idea) into a more Orthodox one. It also helped me get over my somewhat anger towards a God that would \\"throw\\" people into hell for even the slightest offence. The angry God, just didn\'t make sense.
It helped me understand that God is always the same, Loving. We are the ones who choose our ultimate fate. Do we accept this Love or do we reject it? This life is to be used to figure out what it is that we will choose for the rest of time. Can you imagine feeling love from someone who you hate and you can not escape? It would be hell!
Its like an oven where two identical breads are cooked, yet one comes out a golden brown and the other is burned. The oven is the same for both.
Is hell everlasting? That\'s been debated...so I can\'t fully say. Only God knows really. I do like though that we can pray for our dead relatives...in this way Love crosses boundries that we can not cross.
About the scourge of love....have you ever hurt someone so deeply that you could barely look at them for the guilt you felt in hurting them? The tears that you cried at their feet for the hurt that you gave them in a choice that you later regretted? It is a very very deep pain. So it makes sense that to hurt the ultimate Love, that the guilt would be the worst of all.
Hope that helps!
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