Hell is child abuse, pure and simple. We need to end the emotional, psychological and spiritual abuse of millions of innocent children by their pastors, Sunday School teachers and even their own parents, today. And as I intend to prove, there is no reason for any parent to ever threaten a child with hell (children grow up, a fact that always seems to elude Christian theologians who insist that Jesus loves the little children, and yet mayl turn his back on them when they reach the mysterious "age of accountability" which was never mentioned by Jesus or any apostle or Hebrew prophet). Would it surprise you to know that the God of the Bible and his prophets never condemned anyone to "hell" at any age? Here is a simple proof that there is no reason to believe in "hell," according to the Bible itself:

• There is no mention of "hell" or any possibility of suffering after death anywhere in the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament (OT).
• The Hebrew word Sheol clearly means "the grave," not "hell." This can easily be confirmed because if Sheol is translated as "hell" the Christian dogma of hell as an inescapable place of suffering where God is absent is immediately refuted. This is true because: (1) King David said that if he made his bed in Sheol, God would be there with him; (2) Job asked to be hidden from suffering in Sheol; (3) the sons of Korah said that God would redeem them from Sheol; and (4) the prophet Ezekiel and the apostle Paul agreed that all Israel would be saved, yet Israel himself said that he would be reunited with his son Joseph in Sheol. How can all Israel be saved if Israel himself is in "hell""? In each case Sheol clearly means "the grave" and cannot be interpreted as "hell" unless "hell" is heaven!
• This has been confirmed by conservative Bible scholars because there is no mention of the word "hell" in the OTs of the NIV (the best-selling Bible), the NABRE (produced by the Roman Catholic Church), the HCSB (published by the famously literal Southern Baptist Convention), and most other modern translations of the Bible.