It has been a while since I initially published Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the series “The Not-So-Traditional View: Does Your Particular Belief About Hell Really Have Church History On Its Side?” I intentionally structured it such that Parts 1-3 made a full, complete narrative, and yet it could also be expanded upon later. Not surprisingly, this topic has only become more relevant as time has gone by.
I began this series in order to tackle the modern, metaphorical view of eternal conscious hell, i.e. the variations that attempt to remove the most uncomfortable elements of the traditional view of hell without sacrificing its eternal, conscious nature. I have no good things to say about this collection of views (see notes below for more on that). 1 For a detailed case against the modern, metaphorical view, see “The Many and Varied Problems with the Modern, Metaphorical View of Eternal Conscious Hell“. For more on the version increasingly held in Eastern Orthodox circles, where both righteous and wicked are in heaven with God and his love (“love” used very loosely) torments the wicked because they hate him, see Part 3 of this series. See also “The Modern Eastern Orthodox View and the Hellfire of God’s Love“. None whatsoever.
| ￪1 | For a detailed case against the modern, metaphorical view, see “The Many and Varied Problems with the Modern, Metaphorical View of Eternal Conscious Hell“. For more on the version increasingly held in Eastern Orthodox circles, where both righteous and wicked are in heaven with God and his love (“love” used very loosely) torments the wicked because they hate him, see Part 3 of this series. See also “The Modern Eastern Orthodox View and the Hellfire of God’s Love“. |
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