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Does the bible teach that there are different degrees of torment in hell?

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Interesting question Matt... Curious what prompted this question? 

a lot of our traditional beliefs/ideas about hell are based on Dante's inferno and it's 9 levels written in the 1300s...

https://historylists.org/art/9-circles-of-hell-dantes-inferno.html

 "hell" is a conflation of the biblical Sheol/Hades/grave, gehenna, tartarus, lake of fire, the abyss, the outer darkness w weeping and gnashing of teeth and maybe one or two more concepts. Hades is also the name of the (demonic) Greek god of the underworld.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hades-Greek-mythology

https://www.britannica.com/topic/afterlife-religion

Eternal conscious torment is one of the traditional views of hell. It's not the only view, but it has become the primary one w Calvin's help. Luther disagreed with this view. I'm with Luther on this!

Eternal death is another view.  God uses language that has a sense of finality 50+ times in scripture, such as death (ie wages of sin is death), destruction/destroy (ie fear the One Who can destroy both body & soul), perish (ie shall not perish), end, be no more... 

the demons will be tormented forever bc they will be in God's consuming fiery presence (ie lake of fire) and they hate God.

Universalism is another traditional view. Quite a few of the Church Fathers believed this at some point in their journeys of faith.

If you want scriptural support (I have lists), further discussion, thoughts, questions, I would love to continue this "conversation" ... This is just a quick summary off the top of my head from my research a few years ago.

In the end, God promises He will make ALL THINGS NEW!

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