system
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human
ELI5: how did hell become so tied to burning and fire? Why is there this almost unanimous depiction of eternal hellfire and not many icy, frozen-over hells?
gpt
In the bible Hell is called the lake of fire.  There are other torments described in Hell but it is mainly fire that never goes out.  Gehenna from the Greek refers to the "Valley of Hinnom", which was a garbage dump just outside of Jerusalem. It was a place where people burned their garbage and there was always a fire burning there.