Problem of Hell
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The "Problem of Hell" is a possible ethical problem related to religions in which portrayals of Hell are ostensibly cruel, and are thus inconsistent with the concepts of a just, moral and omnibenevolent God. The problem of Hell revolves around four key points: it exists in the first place, some people go there, there is no escape, and it is punishment for actions or inactions done on Earth.
The concept that non-believers of a particular religion face damnation is called special salvation. The concept that all are saved regardless of belief is referred to as universal reconciliation. The minority Christian doctrine that sinners are destroyed rather than punished eternally is referred to as annihilationism.
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See also
- Aeon
- Afterlife
- Annihilationism
- Apocatastasis
- Christian conditionalism
- Christian Universalism
- Damnation
- Deal with the Devil
- Degrees of glory
- Eschatology
- Fall of man
- Heaven
- Hell
- Limbo
- Predestination
- Problem of evil
- Purgatory
- Salvation
- The Divine Comedy
- Universal reconciliation
- Universalism
- World to Come
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