[ShadowAce]

The rich man and lazarus is a parable that is not about hell.

I think you are incorrect here.

This is the only story Christ told that included actual names. Every one of His parables was just "There was a man..."

I think this actually happened.

[robroys woman]

We just disagree on that one. It is a very controversial subject.

I used to believe it was “real”. It is not talking about the eternal state anyway. It’s talking about the time before the second death. i.e. it is the “death and Hades” that is destroyed in the second death in Revelation.

Here is a great rundown, there are a lot of others...
http://www.jeremyandchristine.com/articles/lazarus.html