"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:12-15.

Even though the first verse of this book clearly states that it is a book of signs, these verses have been taken to be literal by most. By doing so, the gates of men's minds have been primed to fabricate horrid stories. Since the lake of fire does not burn with literal flames, their stories, of course, are not true. And neither are the books literal that are opened. Although everything that anyone has ever done has been and is still being recorded, it is not as men have supposed.