[Liberty1970]

Those who will not accept the Biblical teaching of Hell have usually not grasped the righteousness of God. Even in the first century of the Church there were those who would not accept the God of the Old Testament because He was not the loving God of the New Testament that they wished to worship.

I disagree with this. Having read the OT and NT several times, I find that the greatest 'hellfire and brimstone' is in the NT, not the OT (particularly in Revelation, as well as in Jesus' own warnings in the Gospels). In book after book of the OT, God's love and patience and care for the Israelites despite their failings is endlessly demonstrated. The depiction of God as an ogre in the OT and a loving marshmallow in the NT is mythical nonsense born of biblical illiteracy.

[Strk321]

“The depiction of God as an ogre in the OT and a loving marshmallow in the NT is mythical nonsense born of biblical illiteracy.”

In my experience, it’s mostly atheists who have that opinion.

[StonyBurk]

I can’t imagine a Holy (separated?) God and a future rest with Him that would allow the rebellious ,and the unrighteous ,and the unbeliever to continue in that Holy place.The horned devil with beard and tail-and pitchfork-and Dantes’ vision of eternal damnation seem more a prelude to the movie night with such perverted joys as Saw-and Friday the 13th and their ilk. I rather prefer the idea those mentioned above as
unfit for the Holy place being like fat burned up on a consuming fire—here one moment then gone in righteous judgement?