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To Christians, hell is a place where the souls of the wicked are punished eternally for all the [[sins]] they perpetrated during their lifetime on Earth.  According to Christianity, the only way to avoid hell is to know, love, and serve [[God]] and rely on His forgiveness.

To Christians, hell is a place where the souls of the wicked are punished eternally for all the [[sins]] they perpetrated during their lifetime on Earth.  According to Christianity, the only way to avoid hell is to know, love, and serve [[God]] and rely on His forgiveness.

The Christian and Muslim religious traditions usually emphasize the ''Gehenna'' aspect: Hell is extremely hot and filled with fire and [[brimstone]]. Opinion varies on the question of whether, while hell itself is eternal, experience of it purges away the sins of sufferers to the point of eventual redemption. See [[purgatory]].

The Christian and Muslim religious traditions often emphasize the ''Gehenna'' aspect: Hell is extremely hot and filled with fire and [[brimstone]]. Opinion varies on the question of whether, while hell itself is eternal, experience of it purges away the sins of sufferers to the point of eventual redemption. See [[purgatory]]. A minority of Christians do not believe in an eternal hell, believing instead that the souls of the wicked are annihilated. This view is referred to as Annihilationism.

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