thank you for the excellent post. This Protestant can fully accept the catechism definition: By definition, according to CCC 1033, hell is [the] state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed.
I especially enjoyed the author’s study of the definitions of the words from Hebrew to Greek, to English in the discussion of the various lines of scripture.
Thank you, GF, for reading this through and posting your comment based on its content.
Hell will be a fun place then...There are already billions of people living in self exclusion from communion from God and they love it...They can live in eternal bliss in front of ESPN with a constant cold beer on the coffee table...