Thank you, bodom and Ben. Sounds awful. But the idea of there being more than one hell for different crimes/negative kamma makes sense.

I'm new to Buddhism. What's the difference between the Christian/theist concept of hell and Buddhist hell? From what I gather Christians, Muslims, etc. believe that people suffer in a fiery pit for all of eternity while getting whipped by Satan and such. I know that Buddhism is all about impermanent...