# 147. On Hell

An episode of [Undeceptions with John Dickson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478239058), 26 Jan 2025, 1 h 38 min.

Audio: https://p.podderapp.com/4167409313/media.transistor.fm/6bd67a61/e063a51c.mp3

Hell is one of the most difficult parts of Christian belief - but of all the characters in the Bible, no one comes close to using the word "Hell" as much as Jesus does. So, what did he mean, how is it plausible, and what does it matter?

## Chapters

- 0:00 - Intro
- 4:44 The hardest thing for a Christian to believe
- 12:50 -Mythical Hell
- 15:27 - Biblical Hell
- 29:11 - Jesus, the Lord of Hell
- 34:40 - What if there's no Hell?
- 40:55 - The problem with Annihilationism
- 46:04 - Dante's Hell
- 1:00:15 - A positive spin on Hell?
- 1:07:21 - A Hell of our own choosing
- 1:11:26 - Would it have been better to have never been born?
- 1:17:06 - Suffering in the New Creation
- 1:24:22 - John Dickson on Hell
- 1:30:45 - A scare tactic for conversions?

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