[eeman]

I have a philosophical question: Is it really hell if your bound up with people you can identify with?

I remember an episode of Rod Serling's "Night Gallery" where this hippy-looking guy was dead, knew he was dead and was stuck in a room with this very boring old guy. He kept asking his "host" (for the lack of a better term)when he would get to go to hell with the the chains, fiery pools, etc. The host informed him that this was his (the hippy looking guy's) hell

[sweetliberty]

" Is it really hell if your bound up with people you can identify with?"

Ever read The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis? I think that may be as close to the answer as I have seen; that and Dante's Inferno.