Hell

[Sethomas]

In my estimation, I think there are the three orthodox levels of afterlife: damnation, purgation, and paradise. However, I cannot imagine that hell is actually perdition--as I've stated long ago, the idea of never-ending torment is a logical contradiction of terms. Hell therefore becomes manifest as non-existence, oblivion.

Purgation is probably undertaken as a temporal waiting, most likely in a stupored state of "consciousness" for some period. I imagine just black and stunted ruminations.

It's worthless to speculate on what eternal reward there is for life, if any, but I think it has to be timeless in nature. The idea of "enjoying" something in the absence of arbitrary time is beyond the mind's grasp, but that's eschatology for you.

And yes, I ascert that if heaven exists, purgatory exists by almost absolute logical extension. I don't get the Protestant Fathers who decided that you can attain salvation by faith alone with no consequences ever, even if you're a murdering sociopath.