By the way, in a lot of places in the Bible the word that has been translated in English as "Hell" was originally the Hebrew word sheol. That word does not mean a place of punishment or torture. Literally translated, it simply means "the grave" or "the place of death".

This is why Jehovah's Witnesses, among others, do not believe in a fiery Hell or a place of torment for the punishment of unrepentant souls. They think souls that are not saved simply go to "the grave", and experience nothing conscious at all there, but are simply not alive anymore. As for those who are saved, the JW's think that many will be resurrected in physical bodies in a completely restored Eden-like condition on Earth, while a much smaller number (144,000) will go to Heaven to be in the company of God.

It's quite a different viewpoint from that held by most Christian fundamentalists, who seem to be very taken with the idea of a fiery Hell and eternal punishment for the wicked.

All these different Christian viewpoints have arisen because of different interpretations and translations of the Bible over the past 2,000 years.