RE: Be honest, am I going to hell for "my" atheism?
August 13, 2014 at 6:26 am
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2014 at 6:42 am by Michael.)
If you have three minutes to spare, Quantum, then I think this short video from Tom Wright is worth watching, if only to show the different ways Christians can think about hell.
As for me, I look around me. Can people go to hell, or be in hell, here in this life? I'd say yes. Can people's own choices sometimes lead them, or others, there? Again, I'd say yes. Anybody with any experience of addiction probably knows a little about a hell they initially chose. Anybody consumed by hate (with or without associated violence) probably knows about hell. I see hell as destructive attitudes and behaviours that can reach a point where the person rejects those trying to save them, or others, from those destructive behaviours. They say 'no, I don't want healing on your terms'.
If you like fiction then C.S.Lewis's The Great Divorce is a very enjoyable imaginative read on what heaven and hell might mean or be like. I don't think you need to be a theist, let alone a Christian, to enjoy it.
As for me, I look around me. Can people go to hell, or be in hell, here in this life? I'd say yes. Can people's own choices sometimes lead them, or others, there? Again, I'd say yes. Anybody with any experience of addiction probably knows a little about a hell they initially chose. Anybody consumed by hate (with or without associated violence) probably knows about hell. I see hell as destructive attitudes and behaviours that can reach a point where the person rejects those trying to save them, or others, from those destructive behaviours. They say 'no, I don't want healing on your terms'.
If you like fiction then C.S.Lewis's The Great Divorce is a very enjoyable imaginative read on what heaven and hell might mean or be like. I don't think you need to be a theist, let alone a Christian, to enjoy it.
