"As a child growing up in the evangelical tradition, I was taught that Hell is a literal place located somewhere in the bowels of the earth, where our supposedly loving and benevolent God condemns people to an eternity of fiery torture."
I was traumatized by this to the point I spent a good portion of my life just sorting this out, reading & rereading Scriptures & getting viewpoints from Rabbi's & Preachers & even many ex preachers. I studied church history. I believed in that list at one point (for about 9 months).
Now, I see the absurdity in it all. Scriptures don't even teach this. Preachers who do studied their orthodox understandings w/o ever questioning.