Actually, I would love to mention that fire is not actually ‘evil’ in christianity either. In fact God, itself, has a full representation on the fire, which represents his love/presence but also his wrath (dualism).
Fire, as theophany of existence, communicates, first of all, the very presence of God. This is especially evident in the burning bush from which God spoke to Moses ( Exod 3:2-6 ). Here fire is a manifestation of God himself, for Moses turned away from the sight “because he was afraid to look at God” (v. 6). Similar to this is Yahweh’s descent upon Mount Sinai “in fire” ( Exod 19:18 ; cf. Deuteronomy 4:11-12 Deuteronomy 4:15Deuteronomy 4:33 Deuteronomy 4:36 ).
A special use of fire imagery in the New Testament is that connected with baptism with fire. John the Baptist predicted that Jesus would baptize “with the Holy Spirit and with fire” ( Matt 3:11 ; cf. Luke 3:16 ), a promise that was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. Then “tongues of fire” rested upon those gathered in the upper room with the result that they “were filled with the Holy Spirit” ( Acts 2:3-4 ).
The fire here is a manifestation of God, in the case of the Third Person of the Godhead, a theological conception unknown to the Old Testament.Fire as theophany of action reveals God at work in a number of ways. One of the earliest and clearest of these ways is his appearance in a pillar of fire that led the people of Israel out of Egypt and through the Sinai deserts. Another instance of God’s use of fire as an active manifestation of his presence is his sending fire from heaven to consume sacrifices offered up to him on special and unusual occasions. The first of these inaugurated Aaron’s ministry as priest. Having blessed the people, Moses and Aaron witnessed the appearance of the glory of the Lord, a striking manifestation of which was fire that “came out from the presence of the Lord” to consume the sacrifices already placed on the altar
Also in the wrath side, like fire represents the dualism on his nature like a divine spectrum.
Because of fire’s heat and destructive capacity, it frequently appears in the Bible as a symbol of God’s anger and of the judgment and destruction that sometimes are extensions of that anger. The psalmist employs fire as a simile for divine displeasure when he asks the Lord, “How long will your wrath burn like fire?“
Hell is not on fire because fire is evil, fire is basically the representation with how God would punished the sinners of the world.
Why Rhollo has a heart on fire symbolism?, this is basically a catholic representation of Jesuschrist in many works of art too.
in conclusion, FIRE is a dualism element, it’s not ‘evil’ and believing it its having a very basic mindset, because like mention above, humanity wouldn’t have evolved without the need of fire to cook, warm houses, bring life. Also not to mention that even GRRM talk about the fire like in a positive remark.
George R. R. Martin has said that he was influenced (NOT COPY PASTE IT) by Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice:
I mean… Fire is love, fire is passion, fire is sexual ardor and all of these things. Ice is betrayal, ice is revenge, ice is… you know, that kind of cold inhumanity and all that stuff is being played out in the books.
Also he has Mel’s voiceover the same thing.
There is ice and there is fire. Hate and love. Bitter and sweet… Winter and summer. Evil and good. Death and life. Everywhere, opposites. Everywhere, the war.
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