Regarding trees - the main living part is still there but has been refined or made better. Similarly, with the human soul - I understand the 'age long pruning' thing to be a metaphor for the learning and experience the human soul goes through on Earth (and other physical realms) and in Spiritual realms, to improve the soul.

I would disagree with this, Jan, simply because there is no suggestion in the Bible that bits of a soul can be divided/pruned from the rest.  I understand the soul to be a discrete, indivisible entity that is the very essence of a person, and that the soul is specific to each individual.

Well yes, both myself and tb shared links to the Tentmaker site previously and you have indeed commented because I remember you doing so 

Sorry, my inability to get my words straight!!  I didn't recognise the specific pages referred to - I have heard plenty about the Tentmaker group, and - yes - we have referenced it in debate before.

By the way, I might have a bit more confidence in the 'what the hell is hell' site if they could spell properly!!  The spelling and punctuation in the first two homepage 'boxes' is well-shot.

As for the claim that the word is a German one, that is stretching the truth.  Etymologically, the word is derived from Old English hel, helle.  Old English is derived from Anglo-Saxon among other languages, all of which are part of the Germanic branch of the language family.  This branch covers most of the northern European languages, whilst the Romance branch covers the more southern European languages, such as Spanish, Italian, Greek, etc.

As such, it would be correct to say that 'hell' is a Germanic word, but not a German one.  If the site can't get this kind of thing correct, what value is it?