Episode 43 - How Could an All-Good and Loving God Allow Hell?

Is the idea of hell - an eternity of suffering apart from God - compatible with the idea of an all-good and loving God?

Show Notes

Topics we discussed:

• Whether or not Hell is compatible with an all-good, loving God
• Our infinite craving for good as human beings (and why we still do dumb things)
• Why we believe that God is capable of satisfying the infinite chasm in our hearts
• Why God can't create a world where we're happy with things other than him
• Reasons why you should confess even your venial sins regularly  

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Resources we mentioned:

• ​God & Hell: Our Infinite Hunger (a Shameless Popery post by Joe)
• God & Hell: God or Hungry Ghosts? (a Shameless Popery post by Joe)
• God & Hell: The Infinite Good (a Shameless Popery post by Joe)
• God & Hell: The "Limits of God's power (a Shameless Popery post by Joe​​
• "Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle

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