Hell is locative in the vocabulary used in Scripture, not merely a state of mind.
Besides, sin really isn’t the issue. Sin has already been paid for at the Cross. Man is already condemned. The issue is how to have fellowship with God on His terms so that on one hand, we have fire insurance and on the other hand we have life insurance.
Man, you just said a mouthful.
What is a state of mind? is it not also a place... is not a nightmare real till you awake? The inner space of the soul is locative, is it not? Life has internal and external places of meeting. Sin is a state of being and yes, it has been dealt with on one side of the equation, from God’s side, but not totally from the side of man. My point is in regard to being deceived by “aliens”, who are not what we think, but are one and the same with fallen angels, and those who have not that fellowship with God, are haunted in whatever way they can be deceived by those fallen angles. No quarrel with what you have said... and fire insurance against any locative hell, whether it be external or internal or both, comes only of that relationship with our creator. Praise Him who is the Creator and the lover of my soul!!