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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, though opinion is divided as to whether faith in God needs to have been accompanied by deeds.  
 
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, though opinion is divided as to whether faith in God needs to have been accompanied by deeds.  
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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]].''
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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]].
    
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