Hell, is this really necessary?

Hall, Ronald L.

doi:10.1007/bf00136970

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1991

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“…It also mutates the deity into a "Big Daddy" who inexorably pushes his human puppets towards salvation. As Hall (1989) puts it, Hell is the myth which upholds radical freedom by upholding the radical possibility of finally rejecting faith... Purgatory as a replacement for hell, seems to guarantee that all will be worn down to 'accept' God's grace. Here the God of grace is transformed into a 'god-Father' who makes us an offer we can't, or at least, won't refuse; here God says, 'you are free to choose, but finally you will "choose faith"'.…”

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“…Now in a recent interesting and rather haunting piece entitled "Hell, is this really necessary? ", Ronald Hall (1989)joins the debate by casting his lot with the Johnsonian camp. His argument is an especially intriguing one because it concludes that everlasting damnation (or hell) is a normative necessity within the framework of Christian eschatology even if, in fact, no soul is ever consigned to it.…”

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