# "The Glory of the Punishment" (lake of fire)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 12, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149 "2013-12-12T09:18:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149/21 "2013-12-20T19:55:48Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> I Fell Into A Burning Lake Of Fire  
> I Went Down, Down, Down  
> And The Flames Went Higher  
> And It Burns, Burns, Burns  
> The Lake Of Fire  
> The Lake Of Fire
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> God Is A Jealous Thing  
> And He Makes A Fiery Lake  
> Bound By Eternal Hate  
> I Fell Into A Lake Of Fire

Wouldn’t you get used to it after a while, like a hot-tub?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149/22 "2013-12-21T17:17:07Z")

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Yeah, but you’re going to be [del]super pruney[/del] burned to a crisp by the time you get used to it.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149/23 "2013-12-21T22:30:50Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Wouldn’t you get used to it after a while, like a hot-tub?

Given how real life serious chronic pain affects people, no. Besides; a god could simply screw with your mind so you can _never_ get used to even trivial discomforts.

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149/24 "2013-12-21T23:09:13Z")

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Pah … if hell wasn’t a pit of fire, then what would be the point of torching someone’s guts while they still lived ?

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