Cirque, I -am- an atheist :) I\'m well-aware of what the word means, what misconceptions commonly arise, where the word came from, what meanings became attached to it over the years, etc., etc. Theism (and the lack of it) is one of my little passions. I\'ve done more study than you know ;)
And back on topic.
\"So its just a common understanding that we shouldn\'t try to hard to mirror real-life mainstream ideas? Just like the colour red is red.\"
I fail to see how the color red is a real-life mainstream idea. Perhaps you simply didn\'t understand what I was trying to say. Heaven and hell are nowadays specifically attached to Christianity, and thoughts of it arise when I think of those two words. PS is meant to be something a little more unique and original. Just as it has its own deities, I would think that it has its own versions of concepts of the afterlife. Perhaps there could be a realm for \"good\" and \"bad\" individuals, but then you get the messy situation of trying to define good and bad and trying to figure out a way to messure \"goodness\" and \"badness\" so that people go where they are supposed to after death, which is really too much of a hassle.
On top of that, I honestly don\'t know how you could make a heaven and hell original, and still have those two words retain their original meaning.
*edits to put the typo daemon back in her closet*