More Thoughts on Hell

More Thoughts on Hell

“Doing away with hell, then, is a natural way for pastors and theologians to make their God seem more humane. The problem is that this move also threatens to make human life less fully human.”

So says Ross Douthat in an essay for the New York Times: “A Case for Hell.”

Douthat believes that taking away hell takes away human free will and therefore denigrates humanity. What do you think?


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