On 17/04/2022 23:00, Stuart wrote:
> I wonder if there is a particularly unpleasant part of Hell set apart for
> people like him. It does not seem just that those who have led a pretty
> decent sort of life, their only real failing lack of acceptance our Lord
> Jesus as saviour, should suffer the same as those who are pure evil.
We can only speculate. Dante gave one version of hell, as did the
various apocryphal visions of hell (the Apocalypse of Paul and the
Apocalypse of the Virgin are just two examples[1]). Personally I favour
the idea that it is length of time which varies, though whether that is
milliseconds v. minutes or days v. years, I have no idea.
I am sure, however, that God's justice will not trip up on the point you
make.
God bless,
Kendall K. Down
Note 1: It is interesting that St Paul, after seeing the tortures of the
damned, begged God for mercy and was granted that the damned could have
every Sunday off. Mary likewise begged for mercy but she was only given
one weekend a year off.
Which implies that of the two, prayers to St Paul are likely to be more
effective than those to the Virgin Mary.
The stories also carry the rather unpleasant assumption that mere humans
are more merciful than God.