Without any hesitation whatsoever, I tell you that Hell is entirely a man-made doctrine. Some years back, we reviewed a movie (Come Sunday, 2018) about an evangelical leader who realized this. That leader, Carlton Pearson, lost almost everything when he publicized his change in beliefs. Amid Pearson’s recent death, a Read more…
Today, let’s talk about the prehistory of the Christian notion of Hell.
Today, Lord Snow Presides over the strange way that Hell in The Great Divorce encourages humans to be humans — while Heaven only wants robots devoid of everything that makes humanity sparkle.
make informed decisions about their own fates. Not even his extra-imaginary imaginary god can make that happen for him.
Hi and welcome back! During our Journey Into Hell series, we’ve sure seen the Christian concept of Hell change a lot from its humble origins. And now, it’s changing again. John Milton, who wrote Paradise Lost, brought a unique point of view to Christians’ existing package of Hell-beliefs. That point Read more…
Out of every Christian I can think of (yes, even including John Milton), Dante may well represent the biggest influence on Christians’ Hell-beliefs.
Today, let’s check out how early medieval philosophers and theologians further developed the concepts involved with Hell.
Hi and welcome back! Lately, we’ve been talking about how the idea of Hell began and how it changed in early Christianity. We’re now up to the momentous 4th century, when Christianity underwent a whole lot of big shifts. Today, let me introduce you to Augustine of Hippo — and show you Read more…
Hi and welcome back! Last time we visited Hell, we checked out what the second wave of Christians (2nd – very early 4th century) thought of the idea. And we saw these Christians slowly embellishing and extending the initial ‘lake of fire’ idea. Today, let’s see what the third wave Read more…
We tracked the prehistory of Hell already, so today, let’s look at what 2nd-4th century Christians did with the idea of it.