there was a topic way back years ago during my WORLD LITERATURE subject.
one issue that was carved in my mind was the description of HELL. according to one of the contributors of the said subject, a philosopher, hell is not and will never be the one we always imagined of as a HOT and FIERY place.
at first, because i was raised always warned by momma that HELL is a place where bad people are thrown away and that their souls will be burned there with SATAN.
and even my grannies always reminds me that if a kid does not obey their elders, they will be pulled down by the intense pressure made by SATAN and he will make you one of his slaves.
back to my LITERATURE discussion about HELL, i was so surprised when my professor told us that HELL isn't a fiery place, not a sound either will be heard, no crying souls, no footsteps, none but cold wind that is so discreet that you won't even imagine it as a place of sinners.
though i was not able and not wishing to be in that place, the author's purpose to describe HELL as a silent place is not for us to choose hell instead of heaven and tolerates us to continuously do bad things.
from the author's description: hell is a dark place, once you'll enter there, you will feel the freezing cold. You wont even hear SATAN's demonic laugh but rather hear him suffer from that intense freezing cold. you will see other sinners sitting in their own chair as if they are in a big classroom. It's like a dome where SATAN is the main cast, sitting in his throne. if you're there, you'll find yourself sitting all the time and has no strength to stand on you own feet. your body is so stiff that you can't manage to make it move, your'e trapped in a frozen dead body sitting and facing directly where SATAN is. You wont even be able to utter a single sound and all you'll be able to do is to communicate with SATAN mentally. You actively working brain will be trapped in a frozen skull, your heart is beating fast that it wants to explode, you mouth is becoming dry and couldn't be opened by you uncontrollable muscles because of the ice that formed into your lips.
Imagine yourself in that situation, you'll be deprived of the freedom to love, to think and to talk. that's what hell is all about. SATAN is sitting quite on his throne and continuously think, think and think of how will he be able to dominate the world.
why sinners are deprived to express freely in hell? simply because sinners knows nothing but COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN.
do you still want to go to hell?