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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2024
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Sophia
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-97 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1873-930X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-024-01002-4 |