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Considering escaping hell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2022

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Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani*
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Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Author for correspondence: Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani, email: eiani@ug.edu.gh
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Abstract

Adams argues that the traditional doctrine of eternal hellish experience stretches the Problem of Evil beyond any reasonable solution, as hell is stubbornly incompatible with God's omnipotence, omniscience, and perfect goodness. Buckareff and Plug argue that people could leave hell. Matheson responds that if people could leave hell, people could leave heaven. But Matheson provides reasons to think that this is not possible. Luck attempts to refute Matheson's argument. I show that Luck's attempt contains analogies that lack features that crucially depict the asymmetrical relationship between heaven and hell. I advance some other analogies that I think contain such features.

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Abrahamic ReligionsGodPhilosophy of ReligionProblem of EvilProblem of Hell

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Religious Studies , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , March 2023 , pp. 1 - 17
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