[Castout]

Actually much of the concept of hell is written according to the book of revelation and as far as that it's biblical and Jesus gave mention of it too(the burning of dead branches). But hell and heaven solely depend on God's judgment instead anybody's.

However the church changed the teaching of resurrection to immediate resurrection and immediate judgment and adds to the confusion which surprisingly draws only little protest. Bible scholars however would admit that the Catholic doctrines of these(which are man inspired teachings) don't reflect that of the bible or scriptures. Fascinatingly the bible is very consistent in its view of death and resurrection and judgment taking into the fact that it's written by many different men in different period of time that spans more than hundreds of years neither of which knew about the other writing. The Catholic church also teaches about physical resurrection which is TOTALLY UNBIBLICAL. Yes I believe Jesus was raised and that his body was missing(I know Jesus is living and that while man he was sinless but I believe He was raised wholly by God from among the dead including that of His body) but that doesn't change the fact that St. Paul clearly wrote that there IS NOT going to be a physical resurrection. Thus I came to the conclusion that man inspired doctrines have indeed twisted the original scripture teaching and change the concept of after life to that of the Greek one!

As for eternity in hell well most people judge God as they judge another man but forgetting God is not a man. The main trait of God is that He is holy which is the source of his authority over all things living and non living, seen and unseen. A holy God WILL NEVER EVER DO something which is NOT HOLY or UNFAIR or evil but the holiness which is God's throne is also what made Him obligated to act as He is, a holy God that judge all men. We cannot blame God for anything not because we should not but because there will be nothing to blame unless we're being conceited and making a fool of ourselves but the universe will prove that God is blameless! Because if there was a spot in God that moment God would cease being God and God would have lost his authority over all things!

The other characteristic of God that I've personally known is that of loving and merciful. The first made God to love (literally love) even men who do not know Him because He holds each person very very intimately. So God could love even a person who didn't know him at all and who involved himself in the occult and who is largely a small person in society. The latter trait enable God to forgive sins. And God even sometimes forgives a person whole sins without being asked! It really doesn't get better than this! And that when God forgives a man he will be compelled to forgive his fellow men also without being asked simply because that would be the very least that he could repay the grace that he had been given or the only way to show his gratitude. Not I'm not preaching or telling you a fairy tale but I'm telling you my EXPERIENCE and insight and not merely my beliefs. Then again people who don't understand will probably not able to appreciate all this. My final word is that God is personal and He will deal with each person personally as such God can only be experienced on the personal level. Either one knows God or He doesn't. Writings will not bring any good unless it is taken with faith. The only way to experience God is to know God (no matter how little.) and to see the scriptures becoming alive in one's life and thus able to know the truth in his faith. Then again there's the problem you don't come to God unless God comes to you first.