Heaven, increases all feelings to their extreme quality. Hell, decreases all feelings to their minimum quality. So if someone dies feeling sorrow, rage, hate and goes to heaven they’re going to feel all those to their extreme, that is why god creating hell is actually an act of love because he wants us to feel sorrow, hate, rage as little as possible and feel love to its extreme.

  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    14·
    3 days ago

    The problem of hell is a version of the problem of evil.

    It might be worth reading this: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil/

    If it’s too technical, you might try the Wikipedia article, here are a few excerpts:

    The logical argument from evil is as follows:

    P1. If an omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient god exists, then evil does not.

    P2. There is evil in the world.

    C1. Therefore, an omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient god does not exist.

    …

    If God lacks any one of these qualities – omniscience, omnipotence, or omnibenevolence – then the logical problem of evil can be resolved. Process theology and open theism are modern positions that limit God’s omnipotence or omniscience (as defined in traditional theology) based on free will in others.

    …

    A version [of the evidential problem of evil] by William L. Rowe:

    1. There exist instances of intense suffering which an omnipotent, omniscient being could have prevented without thereby losing some greater good or permitting some evil equally bad or worse.
    2. An omniscient, wholly good being would prevent the occurrence of any intense suffering it could, unless it could not do so without thereby losing some greater good or permitting some evil equally bad or worse.
    3. (Therefore) There does not exist an omnipotent, omniscient, wholly good being.

    Another by Paul Draper:

    1. Gratuitous evils exist.
    2. The hypothesis of indifference, i.e., that if there are supernatural beings they are indifferent to gratuitous evils, is a better explanation for (1) than theism.
    3. Therefore, evidence prefers that no god, as commonly understood by theists, exists.

    It should also be mentioned that most lay people’s concept of hell is radically different than the hell as described in various scriptures. I would be wary of any singular depiction of hell even within a religion, as scripture often has contradicting things to say about hell (with multiple plausible interpretations), and contemporary beliefs about hell are more informed by popular culture than scripture anyway.

    Again, I direct to Wikipedia for the different depictions of hell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
      15·
      3 days ago

      Good cannot exist without evil, though. And objective morality cannot exist without a law giver. At best, this is a paradox.

      • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        I’ve never understood the notion the good “can’t exist” without evil. I think it’s more likely that good can’t be recognized without evil as a basis for comparison. That doesn’t mean good things can’t happen unless there’s evil out there. I think they would just be seen from a different frame of reference.