Ever get the impression that the more
modern theology is, the less
sense it makes: trying to
shoehorn old beliefs so that
science does not directly contradict.
God is omnipresent, says the Old Testament. So how can He be absent from Hell. Except of course, He is omnipotent too, and after all He made Hell, Heaven and the Universe, and physics and maths too, so He can call the shots. If He wants to be omnipresent with exceptions, he can just adjust the mechanics of creation to suit.
Occam's Razor has never seemed to tempting.