Would God Really Send Me to Hell for Stealing a Wispa Bar?

This paper discusses the problem of Hell, defending the Aquinas-Anselm-Edwards response that any immoral act deserves eternal punishment because it offends against God. I argue that the response is more defensible than one might at first think, but nevertheless faces a serious objection. If we diffe...

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Main Author: Effingham, Nikk (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2024
In: Sophia
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-97
Further subjects:B Punishment
B Jonathan Edwards
B Aquinas
B Problem of Hell
B Hell
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Summary:This paper discusses the problem of Hell, defending the Aquinas-Anselm-Edwards response that any immoral act deserves eternal punishment because it offends against God. I argue that the response is more defensible than one might at first think, but nevertheless faces a serious objection. If we differentiate two different problems of Hell - the logical problem and the evidential problem - we see that, in light of this objection, the Aquinas-Anselm-Edwards response only solves the logical problem of Hell.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-024-01002-4