Hell is immoral and unjustified.

First of all, I came here to argue against the A) view of Hell outlined in the introduction that states specifically, "souls who do not accept Jesus Christ will go to hell where they are given everlasting conscious torment." It seems as though you disagree with the thought that all souls who reject Jesus Christ go to Hell, which makes me wonder why you took this debate in the first place. You also seem to be very unclear about what Hell even is, since you have asserted, "While we humans do not completely know what Hell is like, many of us conclude that Hell is a place where you are disconnected from God." This view seems to be more compatible with belief B) in the introduction, but I will just assume that you believe that Hell is everlasting conscious torment. If you don"t believe in that, then you should not have taken this debate at all. Although you seem to be taking a position that is different from the one I specifically outlined I would be arguing against, I will still attempt to argue against the idea that it is justified for anyone at all to go to Hell, assuming you believe that Hell is everlasting torment. Rebuttals: 1."Hell is Not a Punishment" The definition of punishment: to make someone suffer for a crime or for bad behavior (1)http://www.merriam-webster.com... (1) Hell is a place of everlasting suffering that people are sent to because they have committed a crime (rejecting the Christian God) or have had bad behavior. Hell falls completely in line with the definition of punishment because people are sent there to suffer after committing a crime or bad behavior. There is no way one can twist this to seem like Hell isn't a place of punishment. It's almost like saying prison isn't a punishment. Moreover Hell is the most excessive punishment anyone could ever administer for a finite crime because it goes on forever. The purpose of punishment is usually either to reform bad behavior or to serve as retribution. Since Hell is everlasting, it does not reform bad behavior at all and only serves to make people suffer eternally for their crimes. 2."People choose to go to Hell" You assert near the end, "People may not be purposely asking to go to Hell, it is how they choose to live their own lives." But in order for people to make a choice about anything, they have to be conscious about exactly what they are choosing. It does not logically follow whatsoever that a woman chose to be raped by a man because she wore revealing clothing. This is because she had no idea that wearing such clothing would trigger such a violent and nefarious act from a man. And furthermore, it does not logically follow that people choose to go to Hell because of rejecting the Christian God when they weren't aware of or didn't believe the consequences. You even admit, "Let's be honest, no one in this world except Satanists want to go to Hell, even those who do not believe in Hell will admit that it is the last place that they would want to go to." If people consciously and absolutely knew one action would send them to Heaven or Hell, do you think anyone would choose the action that sends them to Hell? I would say that nobody would except for maybe the most extreme masochist. This example brings up an important distinction: nobody would actually consciously choose Hell over Heaven if they were absolutely aware that they are both real places. But because people aren't consciously aware that a certain action will determine their eternal fate, only 2.18 billion people believe in Christianity and consciously choose one over the other. If people are not aware of or do not believe that they will go to Hell for an action, then it cannot be true that they chose to go to Hell because of that action. 3. "Anyone can go to Heaven" A more accurate statement would be: Anyone can go to Heaven while they are living. They cannot however, go to Heaven once they are sent to Hell. There is no reformation system, there are no good deeds one can do, and there are no ways to redeem yourself after you are sent to Hell. You just simply suffer for the rest of eternity. While I think it is nice that you believe that people can go to Heaven by just being good people, the problem is that people cannot go to Heaven by being good people in Hell. There"s no doubt that people would actively be begging God to let them out of Hell or to let them die. Where"s the respect of free will there? Why can"t people prove themselves to be worthy of Heaven after they die? It seems to me like it is an arbitrary and irrational bias. If people live forever in Heaven or Hell, they should always be able to prove themselves worthy of communion with God. Their fates shouldn't be decided by an infinitesimally small portion of their eternal lives when they are on Earth. 5."We Don"t Exactly Know Who Goes to Hell" There are a few sentences in this argument that seem to be directly contradicting arguments 2 And 7. 5) "God, not us, judges who goes to Heaven, Hell or Purgatory." 5) "So ultimately, while we may judge people here on earth, the ultimate judge is God." 2) "If they go to Hell the fault is not in God, it is in themselves and how they freely chose to live their life." 7) "Because God is not involved in Hell there is no way that we can say that He is punishing us" Obviously God is involved in Hell because it is he alone who decides who goes there. He is the judge in hearing people"s cases and ultimately decides all of it. So since God is obviously the Judge, you must retract your argument that he is not involved in Hell because He decided the whole population of who goes to Hell. 6."Hell creates a Good Society" The only reason why Hell would stop people from committing crimes is because of the paralyzing fear of being tortured. One could say that a country has the lowest crime rate in the world, but if it is because they torture people who commit crimes then how can that country be considered moral whatsoever? Hell is an excessive punishment just like torture, and the good effects of threatening people with torture cannot negate the fact that you torture people. As for the story of your friend almost committing suicide, it"s also completely immoral to torture forever a person who was so depressed that they wanted to end their suffering by suicide. I can"t imagine a more insensitive action than torturing someone for eternity because they were suicidal and wanted to end their suffering. 7."Why Hell is not Immoral" You assert that god is not involved in Hell whatsoever. Let me list the ways in which he is: 1)He created Hell 2)He decides who goes to Hell 3)He watches and knows everything that goes on in Hell 4)He has the complete power to end people"s suffering by destroying their existence, or giving them a chance to redeem themselves 5)Above all, he chooses not to end the suffering of those who beg and plead with him to end their torment. In conclusion, all of my opponent"s arguments have ultimately been attempts to blame the victim who is suffering in Hell while extricating the offender (God) from any blame whatsoever. But you cannot do that when you realize that Hell is a punishment, people do not choose to go to Hell, and God is involved completely with Hell. It is an irrational and unjustified punishment that deserves no validity among philosophy whatsoever. I hope that Christians come to see that they cannot blame the victim"s of God"s atrocities any longer, and ultimately I hope that Christians come to accept a more reasonable view of Hell such as Annihilationism or Universalism.