Hell is immoral and unjustified.

The concept of Hell has been confused as seen by my opponent. 1. Hell is Not a Punishment What is Hell? Hell is not a place but a state. Unlike previous times many Christian scholars today do not view Hell as eternal torment or fire. In fact it is worse than that. 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. In Hell you are not exposed by God's powerful love like you constantly are here on earth. God loves everyone, including those who do not believe in Him but Hell is a devastating place, not of fire and brimstone but of a Godless dimension. This is not a punishment but a place where people have rejected God and so they are not in communion with Him. Even atheists are surrounded by God, He surrounds all of us everyday. He loves us so much without you even knowing it and it is fantastic for you and I. Hell is basically an Atheist's world, a world without Him. 2. People Choose to Go To Hell 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. So then why do I say that people choose to go to Hell? The concept of free will is often misunderstood. Free will is a gift that God gave to us when we choose to do good or bad, God has absolutely nothing to do with this. The man who murdered a family was not forced to do that, he chose to do it himself. People who go to Hell are one's that have chosen to sin without asking for forgiveness. People may not be purposely asking to go to Hell, it is how they choose to live their own lives. If they go to Hell the fault is not in God, it is in themselves and how they freely chose to live their life. 3. Anyone Can Go To Heaven Believe it or not you can have faith by not even believing in God or Jesus. This is known as faith and good works. You can show faith by doing good works throughout your life. While faith in God and Jesus is important it does not mean you are completely faithful. Faith doesn't just involve divinity, it also involves what you do in humanity throughout you life, these moral acts are know as good works. Good works can get you to heaven and purgatory. Again, faith is needed, but you can show this through doing good things, by following the 10 Commandments without even believing in them. You bring up that Christians believe that you must be Christian to go to heaven, but this is not true. You can accept Jesus without even doing it and follow his commandments by simply doing good works. A lifelong atheist that performs good works throughout his or her life can still accept Jesus at death. 4. Jesus is an Important Part of the Afterlife Old Jewish tradition stated that when the Messiah comes the gates of Heaven shall open. Because Christians believe the Messiah has already come there is now the kingdom of Heaven with Jesus at the right hand of the Father, and probably St. Peter. When Jesus resurrected He ascended into Heaven and the gates were finally open. This is why to Christians it is important to understand Jesus to understand the afterlife this is why it is important to accept Him. Note, Jews now accept the existence of Heaven without the Messiah coming yet, I am not exactly sure why. 5. We Don't Exactly Know Who Goes to Hell For all we know there could be very few people in Hell, or maybe a lot. We just don't know. God, not us, judges who goes to Heaven, Hell or Purgatory. Someone once asked my priest if the 9/11 hijackers went to Hell. He answered, "What they did was wrong but I simply don't know because God is the ultimate judge." Before I gave you the example of the serial killer. I did not actually say he will go to Hell, I suggested he may without truly asking for forgiveness, this was an example of free will, not of someone going to Hell. So ultimately, while we may judge people here on earth, the ultimate judge is God. Arguments for Atheists 6. Hell Creates a Good Society In many countries we follow laws so that we don't land in prison. Similar to Hell. While it is not a punishment, Hell is still a place that we do not want to be. Many people ion society do good things so that they do not go to Hell and it creates a better and safer society. I once knew someone who wanted to commit suicide because of depression but he decided not to because he was afraid of going to Hell, it can also prevent suicide. 7. Why Hell Is Not Immoral Because God is not involved in Hell there is no way that we can say that He is punishing us, plus Hell itself is not a punishment. Hell would be immoral if God purposely made someone do bad things and then unfairly send them to Hell. With free will you are not God's puppet, you ultimately decide how to live your life.