Quote Originally Posted by HiProGlow
Though I don't pretend to know a lot about Lucifer.....
you realize, of course, that you've have just defined earth as hell.

now i don't exactly disagree with the premise, but our more devout friends might take exception to the concept. this would mean that, in essence we atheists are correct. with hell defined as the absence of god, our residence in hell would deny us any access to the deity. without access, salvation becomes impossible and belief becomes a torture in itself.

personally, i kind of like the concept that the most devout among us are the great sinners, condemned to eternal torment; while we unbelievers are merely the natural denizens of satan's kingdom, content merely to exist.