God cast the souls He created but deemed "bad" out into nothingness, Satan created a refuge for them so they could at least exist, if in the cold uncaring shadow of a vengeful, loveless God.
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turtlesareneat 19 points 2 days ago
aeronmelon 18 points 2 days ago
YabbaDabbaDipshit 8 points 2 days ago
christian hell is just fire island and satan makes a mean skinny marg
halcyoncmdr 5 points 2 days ago
One interpretation is that the denizens of hell actually punish themselves. They know their actions were evil and sent them there, and that they deserve the punishment, so they receive the punishment they think they deserve.
cattywampas 5 points a day ago
Jason Lee's character in Dogma brings this up. He said that initially Hell was just the absence of God (which in itself is said to be painful), but once humans got there they were so unable to forgive themselves and live without the divine presence that they turned it into a place of unimaginable pain and suffering.
I don't think that's supported by the Bible and I'm not sure if that's a position that was even put forth by later Christian thinkers, but it's all mythology to me anyway and I find the different interpretations interesting.
veni_vedi_veni 4 points 2 days ago
So psychopaths get off scot-free
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Satan doesn't do the punishing, God does.
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