The notion that hell is everlasting and also a place of unending suffering inevitably gives rise to the following question for theists: how could an omnipotent, all-good and all-loving God allow anyone to suffer the torments of hell for eternity? The problem of hell is arguably the most severe form of the problem of evil because the evil found in hell is eternal with no possibility for redemption. Thus, the doctrine of hell gives rise to a moral problem caused by the apparent incompatibility between God's goodness and everlasting torment in hell. There have been several attempts to shore...
The notion that hell is everlasting and also a place of unending suffering inevitably gives rise to the following question for theists: how could a...