(August 31, 2015 at 6:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(August 31, 2015 at 6:06 pm)Alex K Wrote: But Hell doesn't really exist because eternal punishment would be unjust, right CL?
It's difficult to explain, but I believe Hell is more like a state of being rather than a physical place. The way one theologian described it was that a person who is in Hell is constantly in a state that is devoid of goodness. Their minds are constantly in opposition to love or anything that is good.
None of this is official doctrine, just opinion/speculation amongst some theologians. It makes sense to me though.
In the afterlife, I think the notions of state of being and physical place are the same anyway. I mean, we know that our usual usual bodies don't go anywhere, so if anything happens, state of being covers it. But still what you describe, if infinitely prolonged, is tantamount to an eternal depression and therefore my point is still the same - eternal torture of this kind for finite mistakes is a monstrosity.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
