Talk:Hell

Don't forget
God sometimes escapes to Hell to get away from all the people who managed to justify their way into Heaven, and then spend a long fraction of eternity explaining to him exactly how he is misinterpreting his own policies (and they know better than him about some things). Anna Livia (talk) 15:17, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * ½ × eternity = eternity. Bongolian (talk) 15:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * 'A sufficiently long time for it to appear like an actual fraction of eternity' (we have all encountered such people). Anna Livia (talk) 09:45, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I actually wouldn't be surprised. --Luigifan18 (talk) 04:37, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Japan
For those who can accept the conformity and crowding, Japan is a reasonably good place for tourists and businesspeople. Criminals have good cause to avoid Japan, where police work is good, criminal conviction rates for indicted offenders are on par with those for political offenders in Commie and fascist states, and criminal sentences are long. Mind control of a sort used against political offenders in China is the norm for criminal offenders such as thieves and brawlers. To be sure the system is good about not beating confessions out of offenders, but wrongful convictions of innocent people are more likely to result in offenders getting away with their crimes.

It is telling that the Armed Services of the United States warn service members stationed in Japan that criminal conduct subject to Japanese prosecution results in harsher terms than those to be experienced in penal treatment under the US Armed Forces, which is arguably the worst in the USA because one is a prisoner still subject to military regimentation. Also, organized criminals from poorer countries tend to find their way to richer countries with more riches to steal. Japanese gangsters generally do the opposite even though Japan is one of the richest countries in the world. In a way this is a compliment. I assume that most users of Rationalwiki hate criminal conduct of any kind, whether abuse of helpless people or large-scale crimes against humanity. Law and order are essential to prosperity, human rights, and civil liberties. Outlaw-friendly societies for the lack of a meaningful government such as Somalia in recent years are horrible places.To be sure, victims of ethnic, religious, and political persecution get much sympathy and drug-traffickers don't. Japan is simply a horrible place in which to be an offender. Pbrower2a (talk) 18:56, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

The flaw in Benedict's argument
He argues that Limbo was "just a theological hypothesis" - so why not Heaven and Hell likewise?

Also - since 'the road to Hell is paved with good intentions' (ie not carried through) surely one part of Hell is allocated to people thereby assigned on such grounds to actually carry such intentions out (or suitable equivalents) - and is the way to Heaven paved with bad intentions? Anna Livia (talk) 11:30, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Beaten slave, anti-Chinese riot
Both images are public domain (beaten slave, anti-Chinese race riot). I have captions, but could someone polish the links to show the images? Racist violence degrades and kills. Pbrower2a (talk) 18:47, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Gallery reorganized
I've tried to organize the gallery of "View of Hell" images into a couple of different subgalleries. I thought it was kinda jarring to see funny images about places literally named Hell with silly captions intermingled with pictures of horrible things like the Holocaust and slavery, so I opted to separate them. Hope this helps. DietMondrian (talk) 18:10, 6 July 2023 (UTC)