Going Through Hell (and Outsmarting the Devil)
What is hell Is it a physical place that we go to in order to receive punishment Or is it, perhaps, a human experience that our ancestors have tried to explain by using metaphors of terrifying worlds of torture Many people these days would argue against the existence of a physical hell realm where we suffer eternal damnation under the reign of the Devil, thinking that its nothing more than a myth to keep people in line. While others firmly believe that, in the afterlife, we will face the gates of hell, if we behave badly on Earth. But no matter where we end up after we die; the metaphor of hell can be an opportunity to deal with these innate characteristics of the human experience, like physical pain, undesirable circumstances, loneliness, or exclusion.
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