Problem Of Hell The problem of Hell is an ethical problem in religion in which the existence of Hell for the punishment of souls is regarded as inconsistent with the notion of a just, moral, and omnibenevolent God. It derives from four key propositions: that Hell exists; that it is...
Underworld The underworld is the world of the dead in various religious traditions, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. The concept of an underworld is found in almost every civilization, and “may be as old as humanity itself”. Common...
Tartarus In Greek mythology, Tartarus (Τάρταρος, Tartaros) is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans. Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato’s Gorgias (c. 400 BC), souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment. Tartarus...
Hell Is Punishment For Actions Hell is punishment for actions, but Paradise is a Divine favor. What is the reason for this? It is clearly shown in the above Indications that with his faculty of will and insignificant wishes, through giving form and reality to something non-existent or theoretical, man...
Necessity Of Hell And Heaven This article is about necessity of Hell and Heaven. The confrontation, co-existence, and intermingling of good and evil, pleasure and pain, light and darkness, heat and cold, beauty and ugliness, and guidance and misguidance in the universe are there for an extremely important purpose and...
Why Hell? This article covers the answer to the question: “Why Hell is necessary for eternal punishment?“ Belief bears the seed of a sort of Paradise experienced by the spirit, while unbelief contains the seed of a sort of Hell, which is again experienced spiritually. Just as unbelief is the...
Where Is Hell? According to some narrations, Hell is beneath the earth. As we have explained in other places, in its annual orbit, the globe of the earth traces a circle around an area that in the future will be the place of the Great Gathering and Last Judgement. It...
Duration In Hell How can incarceration in Hell for an infinite duration for unbelief during the short earthly life be justice? Unbelief and misguidance are an infinite crime, and transgression against innumerable rights. Reckoning a year to be three hundred and sixty five days, the law of justice requires for...
Descriptions Of Hell This article is about the descriptions of Hell. We will clarify in brief just two or three points in order to dispel one or two insignificant doubts. THE FIRST POINT: The thought of Hell does not diminish the pleasures of the above fruits of belief with the...