Michael Knowles asserts that hell is a real, eternal place or state of punishment following death for those who fail to live in accordance with God's commands.

“We're talking about a real place or state that is eternal that has consequences after we die in this world that is eternally full of torment and from which we cannot escape after death.”

Brian Recker claims that hell is a metaphor for a spiritual reality or the consequence of failing to live in love rather than a literal place of eternal afterlife torment.

“I think that hell is a metaphor and as a spiritual metaphor it's as real as anything because it's a spiritually true idea. But I don't think it's a real place that we're going to go to after we die.”