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When the notion of hell was being developed, it was assumed to be a physical place, just as heaven is a physical place just above the sky. Gradually it was perceived that hell was a place of eternal fires, searing the souls condemned to hell. Science has shown that heaven and hell can not be located in any physical location in the universe. Religion has therefore adapted by saying that hell is not so much a physical place, but a spiritual state of eternal torment. If recent religious belief is true, then the dead can not suffer from heat, cold, pain, hunger or any other physical form of punishment.

Heat is a physical attribute that would have no meaning in a spiritual state. To be meaningful, we have to come up with new kinds of punishment for the condemned.

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