Of course the Bible does have moments of flowery language about lakes of fire and what not.

It's important to consider that Patmos, the island where John wrote the revenge porn epic that is Revelations, is full of psychedelic mushrooms and he may have been tripping balls.

Jesus used "Ghenna" which was a trash dump outside of Jerusalem, normally on fire, but this is all metaphor.

I understand them better now, even after being in the faith 7 years before leaving.

@NiveusLepus Lots of ancient beliefs can probably be traced back to people being completely off their tits.