Hell
20 conversations where the hosts get into hell.
20 conversations
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How much damage can misreading Revelation do?
- How much damage can a strong misinterpretation of the book of Revelation do?
A host poses the episode's hard question: how much damage a strong misinterpretation of Revelation can do.
From No. 409 · Super Sign of the End Times
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Did Jesus spend three days in hell?
- Did Jesus spend three days in hell after his death?
A host raises a theological question after reciting the Apostles' Creed at a visiting church and wondering whether he believes the 'descended into hell' line.
From No. 367 · Sir Billy McAllistair
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Time article reason 1: torture is morally wrong
- Why are so many Christians rejecting the traditional view of hell as eternal conscious torment?
Ben reads the first of five reasons from a Time Magazine article arguing Christians are rejecting eternal conscious torment: something in our spirit says torturing people is wrong, so a God who tortures with pleasure would be morally offensive.
From No. 263 · Hell, Closed Hands, and Prophecy
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Reason 2: the Bible supposedly teaches annihilation, not torment
- Does the Bible teach annihilationism - that the unsaved cease to exist - rather than eternal torment?
The article claims scripture's 'entire testimony' points to the second death - the unsaved simply cease to exist - rather than eternal conscious torment.
From No. 263 · Hell, Closed Hands, and Prophecy
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Reason 3: hell contradicts Jesus' character
- Is the idea of God torturing people contradictory to Jesus' character?
- How do we understand 'weeping and gnashing of teeth' without making Jesus a torturer?
The article argues a loving Jesus who broke taboos to relieve suffering wouldn't preside over torture.
From No. 263 · Hell, Closed Hands, and Prophecy
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Reason 4: a torturing Jesus would be a hypocrite
- How does God flooding the world square with a nonviolent, enemy-loving Jesus?
The article claims Jesus, who commanded nonviolent enemy-love (Matthew 5:38), would be a hypocrite for torturing his enemies eternally.
From No. 263 · Hell, Closed Hands, and Prophecy
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Proof 39, part 1: hypocrisy and broken promises
- Was Jesus a jerk, as proof 39 of godisimaginary.com claims?
The hosts introduce proof 39 from godisimaginary.com — 'realize that Jesus was a jerk' — noting the author implicitly concedes Jesus existed.
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A 23-minute vision of hell: how to handle 'wacky' Jesus-related claims
- How should Christians react to Jesus-related claims that sound wacky, like a vision of 23 minutes in hell?
A host (speaker-2) recounts playing bass at a gathering where a man described a 23-minute vision of hell (not a near-death experience): he woke at 3:00 a.m., his wife found him on…
From No. 141 · Noah’s Ark on Trial
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Reason 5: 'am I more merciful than Jesus?' - wrapping the hell debate
The final reason claims the author's mercy instinct proves eternal torment can't be true; the hosts reject the argument as man remaking God in his own image, noting our popular picture of hell owes more to Dante's Inferno than to scripture.
From No. 263 · Hell, Closed Hands, and Prophecy
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Dan's daughter story and hell as an act of love
Dan (named in the audio) shares a similar story: his preschool-age daughter told a friend she would 'go to the devil', the other mother called that night about nightmares, and he now regrets telling his kids to tone it down for social approval.
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'Everybody knows Jesus' and the Miss Jeffus bedtime story
The hell-as-love idea is tested: the act of love becomes punishment quickly. A host jokes about not wanting to go to the 'fire ground'.
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Deconstruction needs a foundation; hell as honored choice
- Why would God send someone to hell?
A host argues deconstruction language is incoherent without a foundation: Christianity was constructed on Scripture's account of God's character, historical witness, and centuries…
From No. 415 · Youngsters and Hawk Nelson are Bailing on Jesus
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GodIsImaginary proof 21: understand Jesus' core message
- Does the contradiction between Jesus' loving message and eternal punishment prove God is imaginary?
The hosts open week 21 of the GodIsImaginary.com '50 proofs' series: proof 21, 'understand Jesus' core message.'
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Mike's daughter: the four-year-old who knows about hell
Mike tells the story (named in the audio when asked to tell it): driving his four-year-old daughter to her first vacation Bible school, they discuss the crucifixion's two criminals.
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Study: belief in heaven without hell correlates with higher crime
- Does belief in heaven and a forgiving God lead to higher crime rates?
The hosts read a New Scientist article covering a University of Oregon study by psychology professor Dr. Azeem Sharif: across 143,000 people in 67 nations, countries where belief…
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A host's Bible study on hell: reincarnation, separation vs. fire
- What is hell actually like — eternal fire or mere separation from God?
One host describes skipping his LTG Bible-reading plan to do a topical study on hell with a friend. They conclude reincarnation is ruled out by Hebrews ('appointed for a man once to die, then judgment').
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Persecution, heaven, hell, and the heaven-bucks wedding guest
- Would you accept a heaven with everything but no Jesus?
The conversation turns to persecution — Christians being killed and raped in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries — and whether the hosts would go if called, concluding God calls people where they are and 'forcing righteousness' is telling God what to do.
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Ten reasons, part 4: hell, contradictions, and religious wars
Justifications eight through ten, then the complaint-line plug. On Christians' "arrogant superiority" about hell: a host says most Christians he knows feel deep sadness, not…
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Sin as happenstance, and the seeker-built church
The article's next observation: the pastors rarely spoke as though anyone in the building were on their way to hell; sin came across as neutral happenstance to be corrected.
From No. 414 · Reviewing Sermons from America’s Largest Churches
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Tonight's discussion topic: talking to young children about hell
- Should young children be taught about hell, or is that too much information too soon?
A host frames the night's discussion question: should a knowledgeable young child know about hell, the way a kid knows Santa Claus is not real?