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*The predominant view is that there is no real place called Hell: the wicked simply are annihilated and cease to exist after death.  (This differs from atheistic teaching about no life after death, in that the righteous would go to [[Heaven]].)

*The predominant view is that there is no real place called Hell: the wicked simply are annihilated and cease to exist after death.  (This differs from atheistic teaching about no life after death, in that the righteous would go to [[Heaven]].)

*An alternate viewpoint is that the wicked will be punished in Hell for only a time, after which they would cease to exist.

*An alternate viewpoint is that the wicked will be punished in Hell for only a time, after which they would cease to exist.

**A variant on this would teach that Hell is reserved only for the "most wicked"; the term is not specifically defined by those who teach it but is generally accepted to refer to persons who historically are considered evil (e.g., [[Nero]], [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[MS-13]], [[Timothy McVeigh]], papal murderers of [[Waldensians|Waldensian Christians]], white supremacists who committed lynchings, direct murderers and torturers the [[Holocaust]], [[Nanking Massacre]], etc.).

**A variant on this would teach that Hell is reserved only for the "most wicked"; the term is not specifically defined by those who teach it but is generally accepted to refer to persons who historically are considered evil (e.g., [[Nero]], [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[MS-13]], [[Timothy McVeigh]], papal murderers of [[Waldensians|Waldensian Christians]], white supremacists who committed lynchings, direct murderers and torturers in the [[Holocaust]], [[Nanking Massacre]], etc.).

The teaching is frequently held by groups which are traditionally considered cults (e.g., [[Seventh-Day Adventist]]s,<ref>http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html</ref> [[Mormon]]s, and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]).  However, with the decline of [[Biblical inerrancy]] in most mainline Christian denominations it has become prevalent there.  But within evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal/charismatic groups (along with Catholic and Orthodox ones) it is still considered to be [[heretical]].

The teaching is frequently held by groups which are traditionally considered cults (e.g., [[Seventh-Day Adventist]]s,<ref>http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html</ref> [[Mormon]]s, and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]).  However, with the decline of [[Biblical inerrancy]] in most mainline Christian denominations it has become prevalent there.  But within evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal/charismatic groups (along with Catholic and Orthodox ones) it is still considered to be [[heretical]].