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the inferno was more a ploy for Dante to get back into good favor with the ruling family of the time (I believe it was the medicis). His version of hell is the fire and brimstone version that's designed to scare everyone into christianity... the bible itself describes hell as "torment", not "torture". "torment" is defined as the absense of god...
so essentially, if you don't believe in god in this life, you don't have to be in his presence in the next.
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