On the contrary, hell is the very last place that God wants you to end up in! He has ‘bent over backwards’ to give you an ‘escape clause’.

You have seemingly been talking to some seriously odd and ignorant people. The reality is that all of us have failed to live up to the perfection that is God’s nature, as a result of which, Jesus tries to rescue as many as possible from their own failing. What is hell anyway? Not the fire and brimstone of popular imagery, but a separation from the glories of fellowship in God’s kingdom. God doesn’t ‘send people to hell’, he strives for the exact opposite; to reconcile people to himself. He wants us to experience the best and the highest for eternity because love, truth, justice beauty and holiness are all at the very core of his nature.