Rivers Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 I recently listened to an episode on a Catholic podcast called Pints with Aquinas. The episode was about Hell. The podcast host had some truly frightening things to say. First he quoted Christ’s teaching that the way to eternal life is narrow and that most people will go to Hell. He then quoted several Catholic Saints over the centuries who gave horrifying descriptions of Hell which literally lasts forever. The very concept of anybody condemned to being tortured forever is unimaginable. Especially when it’s the majority of the human family. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. I can’t fathom how a loving God could do this to anybody. Can anyone explain how one reconciles Hell in the mainstream Christian sense with benevolent God? Also, I heard somewhere that Brigham Young taught that some spirits will eventually be taken out of existence. Anybody know the source for that?
3DOP Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, Rivers said: I recently listened to an episode on a Catholic podcast called Pints with Aquinas. The episode was about Hell. The podcast host had some truly frightening things to say. First he quoted Christ’s teaching that the way to eternal life is narrow and that most people will go to Hell. He then quoted several Catholic Saints over the centuries who gave horrifying descriptions of Hell which literally lasts forever. The very concept of anybody condemned to being tortured forever is unimaginable. Especially when it’s the majority of the human family. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. I can’t fathom how a loving God could do this to anybody. Can anyone explain how one reconciles Hell in the mainstream Christian sense with benevolent God? Also, I heard somewhere that Brigham Young taught that some spirits will eventually be taken out of existence. Anybody know the source for that? Rivers, don't pay attention to that crap. It will just confirm you against the Catholic religion further. Rather than a pint, I hold to this "gallon" from Aquinas about Hell: St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that Hell is compatible with varying degrees of real though imperfect happiness." ---Iota Unum, Romano Amerio, A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the 20th Century, Sarto House, (Pope St. Pius X was named Giuseppe Sarto), fifth printing, Sept. 2004, p. 700. I will try to find the untranslated Latin that prompted this opinion from Amerio if desired, that corroborates what "Pints with Aquinas" apparently denies. I agree with you Rivers. All. ALL. Will accept the final judgment without a murmur. If there is a Hell, and I believe there is. I am Catholic. If there is a Hell, nobody including the occupants will complain. They would choose it again and again over the alternative. Anyone who would repent and love God will be okay, forever, in heaven. In the meantime, know that with that said, there is mercy in the Catholic hell. 3
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