Not sure 'hell' would be a fact of God's mind,....since He's supposed to be Infinite Love and Light. - shadows may appear to exist in the distorted mind of man and the sense of 'seperation' of the ego,...but the omnipresence of Love abides.
A metaphor perhaps
Sounds a bit harsh taking things to an apocalyptic extreme.
I have nothing to prove, for reality is what
is. Simple, yet absolute, ...although reality is distorted by our
relative perceptions, and naturally so...since the mind is an 'interpreter'.
I gather you're aware that 'hell' doesnt always refer to the 'lake of fire' or any kind of fire for that matter, and 'gehenna' was just a trash-dump where refuse was burned. Hades/Sheol is the underworld, grave, land of the dead, the pit, etc. We could be confusing 'God' as an all-consuming fire with a location of some sort, but essence or metaphor, it all comes back to 'God' since Spirit is omnipresent. All comes full circle.
Still,...'God' is Infinite Love and His will is inspired by that Love, being its nature. Unless that is a delusion or wishful thinking. Or perhaps God is a Man of war or cosmic dictator bent on destroying sinners, wiping out nations, expunging worlds....a wrathful Deity striking terror in the hearts of his subjects. He sounds fickle and hard to approach, or perhaps He's just tempermental, a projection of our own ego? Granted, we make all beings in the cosmic play have their place in the battle of good & evil, - there 'God' may be 'tailored' with whatever suits our theology. Can all that is written be trusted?
'Hell' can be anything one makes it. Toss in the fact that 4 different words in the Bible can be translated into the english word 'hell' and it makes it that more obscure, but traditional ideas often take the fore. Beliefs abound. If you want 'hell', its yours for the taking, but it may not exist but in your own mind. Perhaps 'heaven' as well. If you have no concept, term, notion or assumption of 'hell'....would it exist?
pj