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

Sophia 63 (1):85-97 (2024)
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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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Nikk Effingham
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Hell and Vagueness.Theodore Sider - 2002 - Faith and Philosophy 19 (1):58--68.
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