There originally was no need for such places of punishment for sin, because there was no sin. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Of course some things get poorly translated when you go from Hebrew to Greek to English but the Idea of an eternally burning place of punishment is clearly there and you will get to see it for yourself when die just like all the other foul mouthed self absorbed idiots who don't like to be told that there path in life is wrong (religion.blogs.cnn.com)