Hell as oblivion

[Sethomas]

So, I had to do a research report on an article examining Anselm's view of hell in a modern context. The author of the article was a total dumbass, but he did guide my own thoughts into certain directions.

We know from orthodox theology that hell is an everlasting separation from God. That's it. According to Occasionalism, we see that God is our sustaining modus operandi of existence. Therefore, if we are detached from God, we cease to exist. I fail to see the problem there. If you're not going to heaven when you die, you simply vanish. Some people would rather go to the eternal pots of boiling oil than be annihilated, but that's just stupid. Furthermore, active punishment for a deterministic world is just asinine. I believe in God and all that entails, but hell just makes so much more sense when it just means oblivion.