Ten Facts about Hell
Very few of these ideas are from the Bible. The Bible does refer to Hell and its fires, but more of the details in Dante are drawn from Greek and Roman myths, and the vast majority are the creation of medieval Western imagination. Eastern Christian artists never shared their interest, and even in the West it was a late development - the doctrine of perpetual torment was propounded by the Lateran Council of 1215, just a century before Dante wrote. In modern times Christians have become increasingly sceptical about Hell. There are 622 verses in the Bible (in the New International Version) which mention Heaven, and 15 that mention Hell.
1. Hell is conical
2. Hell is diverse
3. Hell is underground - maybe
4. Hell can freeze over
5. Hell is other people (and they're real)
6. Hell is unreal creatures
7. Hell is pandemonium
8. Hell is gated
9. Hell isn't all that interested in sex
10. Hell isn't all that Biblical