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A hell of a choice: reply to Talbott

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2004

JERRY L. WALLS
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Abstract

In this article I respond to Thomas Talbott's criticisms of the view of hell I have defended. In particular, I argue that coherent sense can be made of the choice to be eternally separated from God. Moreover, Talbott does not successfully show how God can save everyone without overriding their freedom. Finally, I argue that there is no significant sense in which sinners defeat God or sin with impunity on the view I have defended. Talbott's case that universalism necessarily follows from God's perfect love and power then fails.

Type
Reply to Talbott
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Religious Studies , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 203 - 216
Copyright
2004 Cambridge University Press

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