The reason anyone should adopt evangelical conditionalism is because it is biblical. God’s word must take precedence over other seemingly good arguments for a particular view of hell. 1 This varies among conditionalists, but if I were to take a different approach and give non-biblical arguments much stronger weight than I do, I would be a universalist. I believe that annihilationism has the strongest biblical case, traditionalism has the strongest historical case (though it is not as unassailable as many think), and universalism wins out in broad theology, philosophy, emotional appeal, etc. What follows is not meant to be strongly persuasive for that reason. If the Bible teaches something besides annihilationism (it doesn’t), then that is what matters.
Nevertheless, there has been popular demand for annihilationists to delve beyond just biblical exegesis and address other questions, such as why this debate even matters. Why should someone care or bother spending considerable time and effort to determine what the Bible teaches about hell?
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| ￪1 | This varies among conditionalists, but if I were to take a different approach and give non-biblical arguments much stronger weight than I do, I would be a universalist. I believe that annihilationism has the strongest biblical case, traditionalism has the strongest historical case (though it is not as unassailable as many think), and universalism wins out in broad theology, philosophy, emotional appeal, etc. |
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