Hell has a really bad reputation, depending on the religion – anything from “a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death” to the more neutral description as “a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth.”

- Do souls communicate in hell? (They sort of have to if people are suffering).

- What language is spoken in hell? Could I be sent to Chinese hell and not be able to understand a word?

- If you’re dead, why does it matter if you suffer? Can a dead soul feel pain? Or for that matter, emotion?

- If so, can dead souls fall in love? (if your body goes to hell as well, can dead hell residents have sex?)

- Who is in charge, in hell? Who gives the orders to make one person suffer, and in what way? Is there a Hell Management Team?

Does any religion deal with this level of detail?

Topics: religion, hell, afterlife, Souls, structure