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Originally posted by Antagony
Holy crap, don't give credit for that to C.S. Lewis. Either give that credit to the authors of the Bible or possibly to Milton. But most certainly not to C.S. Lewis. He was just exploring an avenue already taken by many.
But yes, putting on my theology hat, I'd say that might be the best answer.
And not just because of Christianity. If you look at all religious texts as literature, this is a theme found in all of them. Absence of God and/or enlightenment and/or peace is what Hell is. Religious or not, this applies to everyone.
I will also note that many religions/belief systems make the logical assertation that our earthly lives are Hell and that we must strive to change this. Not too dissimilar from literal Christian interpretation, I suppose, but a different angle.
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lol,
Don't freak out man, I know C.S. Lewis didn't invent that particular view.
I should have been clearer and said that he wrote about Hell in this fashion with some interesting ideas added to it, which I found extremely interesting.