Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Dr. Randal Rauser joins me once again, this time to discuss the tradition Christian doctrine of eternal conscious torment (ECT), and his objections to this view. We also discuss issues arising for alternatives to ECT, like annihilationism and universalism, ending with three objections to the doctrine of Heaven.

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0:00 Introduction
0:56 The Doctrine of Sin
6:07 Alternatives to an Eternal Hell
12:44 Jesus' View of Hell
19:42 The Torture Problem
40:47 Does Annihilationism Do Better?
54:02 The Doxastic Requirement for Salvation
1:02:24 What Must I Do to Be Saved?
1:05:45 Three Objections to Heaven