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Christians took the idea of a literal hell from Greek paganism

From my understanding the modern idea of hell came from Dante's inferno.

Not familiar with what other branches of Christianity think hell is, but in Orthodoxy it is being away from the light of God.

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From my understanding the modern idea of hell came from Dante's inferno.

I think it was around before then, but regardless, he definitely took the idea from Greek mythology. There's a lot of other stuff he took from Greek paganism too.

Not familiar with what other branches of Christianity think hell is

The mainstream view is the Greek view of eternal torture. Some people are universalists, who think everyone goes to heaven. I'm an annihilationist, which means I believe evil people just die and cease to exist.