Posted 20 September 2012 - 12:37 AM
Well see, here is the thing. I read all kinds of religion, philosophy and even paganism. The concept of "Hell" is totally misconstrued if you actually base it on "what" it is supposed to be.
I think it's appropriate to paste here what I'm talking about:
Revelation9:1 "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter"
I think it becomes clear based on the literature that "Hell" is not a home or an abode...it is a source of torment, a place of punishment and eventually, a prison. In fact, it isn't even unsealed yet if you choose to believe 9:1
I always get a kick out of people that say "that's something evil straight out of hell!"...there is no "out of hell". And...in scriptural terms...the devil himself doesn't want any part of that place...it was created for his and the wicked of the world's eternal punishment.
So, to respond to your title...I do not believe the "wicked" of this world want any reminders of the real hell...it's not a summer home.
This is just my opinion based on having read lots and lots of religious, theological, philosophical and pagan writings.
"Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." George Bernard Shaw
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." Thomas Jefferson