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Disclaimer: I tend to not organize my thoughts very well(they are all in my head, but not all of them make it out in a logical context) So if anyone thinks something is wrong or missing, just ask, I can probably justify it.
A thought on hell, kind of.
How do humans advance in almost all aspects? Through conflict. Man was given the garden of eden, but he could not accept good, so he rejected it and was sent out of the garden.
This is why I think God created evil. With evil, there is conflict. Through conflict Man can accept the final good.
But, if I have been understanding my religious readings correctly, God is full of unconditional love. Which means he does not want us to be part of the evil, his love wants us to get to the truth, or good.
Therefore, I think there is no hell. There is evil, but it is a tool that helps us realize good. I believe man will eventually get to a state of conciousness where they can accept good in everything, and not need to go through conflict in order to reach it(non-dual states) But for now, there is evil, but it is only there to realize the good God wants us to have.
I think the ultimate good, truth, state of conciousness, might be "heaven".(The garden of eden was basically heaven on earth.) So if humans understood that there is a heaven, their natural need for balance would create the thought of hell.
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