Fun fact: There's not a single mention of "hell" in any of the Acts preaching... "Sin and repentance" yes, "hell" you will not find in the recorded early church preaching.
Even Jesus spoke more of "the Kingdom of Heaven" than hell. The Gospel "evangelion" means "good news" the kingdom of heaven draws people in, we are people made in the image of God, we do not get to condemn other image bearers.
Jesus was a hellfire preacher. I can assure you Hell is very real. I do not come up with this with my own reasoning. Jesus told me so.
I dunno... The Sermon on the mount, at a couple of chapters long, is the longest recorded sermon and it was the opposite of hellfire and brimstone.
Additionally, Jesus made references to ghenna a place that actually existed, it was a burning trash heap and sometimes even bodies were thrown there. If I recall correctly the other word that is translated into "hell" in English refered to a valley were child sacrifice happened, that is the burning of live children to demons. Those are more likely allegories that people of his day understood.
https://youtu.be/oHUPpmbTOV4?si=DUDs1eVtrlXVCLxg
I used to believe in hell but what was the thing in the OT that God hated the most? When the Israelites burned their children to demons. If He couldn't stand it for the couple of minutes that takes, what makes you think He will burn people for eternity? I do believe in an eternal punishment for the lost in line with what Fudge said here:
