From a religious or philosophical point of view, this student should get a low mark

GCSE Religious Studies (Philosophy & Ethics)

Philosophical View of Hell

From a religious or philosophical point of view, this student should get a low mark. Let me further explain by giving an analogy. A piece of gold, though hidden under debris as large as the Himalayas, will remain always gold. When the dirt is removed, the gold in its true nature shines forth. Similarly, a mountain of sin covering the soul cannot change its intrinsic nature as an image of perfection (we are made in the image of god). This thought makes divine sense: that man has been made in the divine image and can therefore never be eternally consigned to a limbo of delusion. It is impossible for a soul to become eternally evil because it is eternally good.

This proves that souls do not stay in hell forever, and therefore disproves the mentioned ‘A’ grade answer.

Bible students do injustice to its teachings when they believe a soul can be consigned everlastingly to hell. A worldly judge metes out sentence to a man only according to the measure of his sin; God, more just than any human judge, could never punish a man for one incarnation or for many incarnations of evil life with a disproportionate “eternal” sentence of banishment in the hell fire of delusion. Finite causes cannot produce infinite effects.

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