You may be a wonderful person, but being “good” has nothing to do with the reason humans are not able to be in the presence of God. Something happened in the very beginning that is represented by the story of Adam’s and Eve’s fall from grace and whatever they did, it resulted in a spiritual disease that is fatal and hereditary.

There is no doubt in my mind that Hell exists and the thought of another human being going to what is sure to be a horrific place deeply troubles me. That being said, I would not wish a fate of eternity in Hell even upon people as despicable as Hitler or Bin Laden. So, what if you are wrong and Hell is a real place of complete darkness, where physical desires burn unquenched for eternity and the only thing to look forward to from one moment to the next is more agonizing torture?

Saying “eternity is a long time” is such a cliché, but you should seriously contemplate just how long forever is before you decide to condemn yourself. Seriously, even after a million billion trillion quadrillion quintillion years, your suffering would be no closer to ending than the first day you entered Hell. And if you are given an opportunity to insult God by comparing him to the Devil, do you sincerely believe that 10,000 years later, after you have suffered constant unendurable agony, you will look back and think “Well, I certainly showed God?” Don’t give up on Jesus just because your friend’s relationship with God seemed to be more fulfilling than yours - everybody’s experience is different.