Escaping heaven and hell

Morgan Luck

doi:10.1017/S0034412515000451

Escaping heaven and hell

Morgan Luck

Humanities and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Adams (1993) argues that the traditional view that no one in Hell can leave, poses a problem for the theist. This is because, she argues, such a bad state of affairs should be prevented by God. In response, Buckareff and Plug (2005) argue that everyone in Hell can leave. More recently, Matheson (2014) argues that if everyone in Hell can leave, then everyone in Heaven can also leave. However, Matheson provides reason to think that it is impossible for anyone in Heaven to leave. In which case, he argues, no one in Hell can leave either. In this article, I extend this debate, and offer reason to think Matheson's argument is unsound.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	395-402
Number of pages	8
Journal	Religious Studies
Volume	52
Issue number	3
Early online date	2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412515000451
Publication status	Published - Sep 2016

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