Well my dear maybe hell isn`t a punishment but is instead the next best thing. On the other hand let us make completely clear what hell is and it isn`t a lake of fire. What hell truly is according to most theologians is truly a place created by God for those who would not accept His rule. (ie. Satan and the fallen angels, which occured before the creation of the world.) Secondly the reason of it`s existance is no longer just for the fallen it is also for those who deny Christ. It is in short a place where God is not present where He makes no intervention and where He doesn`t concern himself in it`s actions. So now let those who ask this question have a fuller understanding of what hell truly is.