Wednesday, August 8, 2018

A Short Comparison of Atheism and the Christian Understanding of Hell.

Atheism teaches there is no god. According to atheism, men must then live this life without any reference to or engagement with a divine agent. The atheist then lives his life on Earth without God. Christianity teaches a major punishment in hell is the absence of the presence of God. 

Atheism and Christianity may be compared in one manner as follows -

The falsity of atheism requires that man lives his life on Earth without God.
The truth of Christianity requires that men in hell live without God.
Atheism is then a type of Christian hell on Earth.
But as hell on Earth is a life of sin and sin leads to hell, atheism requires that men live a false life of hell on Earth as a preparation for the real Christian version of hell in the next life.

Conclusion - Atheism is a participation in the Christian reality of hell in this life and hell in the next life.

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