In today's world, religion is quite controversial. The aspects of it are constantly being discussed and debated. It dictates large parts of everyday life and also plays a part in decision making regarding controversial issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Religion brings about many questions, including ones relating to angels, prayer in school systems, the paranormal and the afterlife.

The topics of heaven and hell are quite important within religion. They're the focus of many sermons, and people wonder what each may be like.

In Christianity, both heaven and hell are described throughout different books of the Bible including Isaiah, Matthew, Revelation and Luke. These books describe heaven and hell as God said they would be, but what do teens think? What do they envision heaven and hell to be like?

Frank Thurston, a senior at St. Albans High School described his view of heaven and hell.

"I believe that heaven is a real place," he said. "It's much bigger than earth is -- a whole different world. It's a place of unspeakable joy. There are beautiful golden mansions everywhere. The streets are made of gold. The landscape and scenery is jaw dropping.

"Hell, on the other hand, is a place of just agony, death, despair and weeping followed by the gnashing of teeth. Everyone will be screaming at the top of their lungs. There is no source of water, and you will burn forever in the same place for all of eternity."

Thomas Osborne, also a senior at St. Albans High School, said, "The only way into heaven is through Jesus Christ. This is a very serious subject because this determines how you'll spend eternity.

"Of course, heaven is the exact opposite of hell. We all know that. People on this earth can try their best to imagine what it's like, but I believe it will be so great that people won't even be able to wrap their mind around it, let alone even imagine what it's like. Nobody will ever truly know until they get there."

Osborne also said, "The best example of hell that I know of is the book 'The Inferno,' which basically takes you through hell and shows you what it's like. Personally I believe that it's the most intensified, scary, brutal thing that your mind can not even grasp."

So these two teens basically believe that heaven is a wonderful place of happiness while hell is a brutal place of horror. But whether you agree with them, believe what the Bible says, have your own vision or even believe at all is up to you.