by jimwalton » Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:18 pm
If we got rid of hell, we would also get rid of both truth and justice. I wouldn't push the button. Just as with a doctor doing surgery, it's impossible to eliminate the alleged evil in question without also eliminating the greater good.
You obviously have a notion that hell is unfair to some people, which is a travesty of Christian doctrine. Though we may disagree on how hell works, how long it lasts, and what it actually is, the Bible is firm on the idea that God will be perfectly fair in his decisions about people's afterlife. So in that sense also your premise and hypothetical button takes us nowhere.
If we got rid of hell, we would also get rid of both truth and justice. I wouldn't push the button. Just as with a doctor doing surgery, it's impossible to eliminate the alleged evil in question without also eliminating the greater good.
You obviously have a notion that hell is unfair to some people, which is a travesty of Christian doctrine. Though we may disagree on how hell works, how long it lasts, and what it actually is, the Bible is firm on the idea that God will be perfectly fair in his decisions about people's afterlife. So in that sense also your premise and hypothetical button takes us nowhere.