Does the Anglican communion have an official stance on universal reconciliation?
Nope, there will be some who are universalists and others who are not.
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Does the Anglican communion have an official stance on universal reconciliation?
If this is the case, it seems that Hell would only be justified if the individual understands the consequence of their decision. In fact, I think the action itself may be of secondary importance to how the actor sees his or her action.
If this is the case, it seems that Hell would only be justified if the individual understands the consequence of their decision. In fact, I think the action itself may be of secondary importance to how the actor sees his or her action. For example, the man who eats a 10 cent piece of candy without paying for it, convinced that it is wrong, may be more in the wrong than a person who fornicates believing it is perfectly okay to do so. I still wonder, however, if our wrong choices merit eternal suffering. I honestly think George MacDonald's view of Hell as a temporary state one stays in until they are purged makes the most sense since eternal suffering seems pointless.
I am having a similar discussion over in TAW, and I thought I would bring my questions here as well:
1. As you understand it, what is free will?
2. Under your definition of free will, is it actually possible to freely choose Hell?
I ask because I am at a point in my understanding where the idea of freely choosing Hell doesn't make any sense to me. It seems that anytime a human being chooses to experience pain and suffering it is for a worthy end (which doesn't apply to Hell), or because they are mentally ill. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter.
Everyone deserves Hell who sins, because the wages of sin is death. Not just physical death but also spiritual death, darkening of the mind and heart, and so on. Therefore, Hell is justified, even if people are ignorant of how they get there. I'm no Calvinist but the idea of being born into a depraved state is nothing new to the Christian tradition- we're all born bound to Hell, which is why we need a Savior, because we do not have the power to save ourselves