Kids Describe What They Imagine Hell Is Like

"I think cats are evil. Hell might be full of cats."

We recently asked kids from four different religions what they thought Hell was really like. They sure had some interesting things to say:

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Christian, 9 / Christian

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What do you call the Devil: The Devil

What sends you to Hell: "If people kill people I think they’ll go to Hell. I think the Devil or Jesus decides if you go to Hell."

How long do you stay in Hell: "I think people go to Hell forever."

Describe Hell: "I think Hell might be underground, all like red and dark. I think it would be even hotter than LA. I think the volcanoes are always erupting in Hell."

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Describe your drawing of Hell: "This is all the lava, the red stuff and the pink. The gray stuff is the ground and the volcanoes."

Rooban, 8 / Hindu

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What do you call the Devil: An evil cat?

Describe Hell: "I think cats are evil. Hell might be full of cats."

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Describe your drawing of Hell: "This is just a devil cat I guess, like an evil cat."

Sarah, 10 / Muslim

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What do you call the Devil: Shaitan

What sends you to Hell: "If you did bad sins in your life and never asked for forgiveness you go to hell where you are punished when you are dead."

How long do you stay in Hell: "If you do bad things you go to Hell and there is no way out."

Describe Hell: "Like the Nether in Minecraft. [You] take a portal to go there and there’s a lot of bad creatures and there’s fire everywhere and it's all red, and orange, and yellow. I imagine it's like really hot. I imagine it's something bad like carrying a whole big wheelbarrow full of heavy stuff."

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Describe your drawing of Hell: "There’s like a really bad, red ground. There’s a really really bad, evil person having to pull a whole load of heavy stuff. There’s a Shaitan. It’s a really, really bad place and I suggest you apologize for every bad thing you’ve done, and never ever do anything bad unless you wanna end up like this really, really evil person."

Toby, 11 / Jewish

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What do you call the devil: There is no Devil.

What sends you to Hell: "Where bad people go and everyone who does bad things meets each other, and they can talk it out kind of like a therapy group. Most people who do bad things are also not very mentally stable and that's not always their fault."

How long do you stay in Hell: "After you go to Hell you can go to Heaven because its made you a better person. It would make no sense to make these people burn or be with the Devil. I think it would be cooler if we could help them."

Describe Hell: "I don’t think of it as like you are on fire. It could just be like you are asleep and you never come up. I mean that could be what death is like. You’re never gonna know until you find out."

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Describe your drawing of Hell: "First you get this big blue arch when you walk in and it says “Help is here”, and this was a big sign that said “Hell” in the original beginning, but now it says “Help” because we’ve crossed it out, and that's how I think of Hell. [There's] animal therapy. We have our little taxi that drove you here with a very happy driver. Food where people go to socialize and eat their healthy food, because health food makes you happy. Think of if you have a loved one who did something very bad or murdered someone, this is how I want you to think that they are. If they’ve passed away I think they’re getting help. I’m not gonna lie, I don’t know if this is real or not but, if it is, I really imagine this is what Hell is."

Like this post? You should check out what these kids have to say about God:

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