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no, its not. its an ancient tradition of indoctrinating people in order to follow their laws and rules, of a certain groups or organization. it is a theory,hell, popularized by the latter churches.
Roman Catholic Answer
No, hell began to exist when the angels rebelled against God and separated from Him, long before the Catholic Church came into existence:
from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
Hell
1033 We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor or against ourselves: "He who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 Jn 3:14-15) Our Lord warns us that we shall be separated from him if we fail to meet the serious needs of the poor and the little ones who are his brethren. (Cf. Mt 25:31-46) To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God's merciful love means remaining separated from him for ever by our own free choice. This state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called "hell."
1037 God predestines no one to go to hell; (Cf. Council of Orange II (529); Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum (1965).; Council of Trent (1547): 1567.) For this, a wilful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want "any to perish, but all to come to repentance"... (2 Pet 3:9)
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