- Aug 25, 2020
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Hi,
The topic of hell came up at a meal time with my family a while back. My Dad being on the fence when it comes to Christianity, challenged me to see whether I could find anything online about there being evidence for hell and to send him what I found.
I have only recently got round to getting back to him... considering all that is written in the Bible that Jesus said about hell, I explained in an email that if we believe Jesus was real and was who he said he was, then we can believe the words he spoke. So, considering this, I instead bullet pointed a few points justifying why we can believe in the Bible, that Jesus was who he said he was and as a result of these, why I subsequently believe in hell.
He replied saying: Is there any objective evidence available to you or me, rather than only writings from people who lived 100's of years ago and who we have no way of verifying their ability to draw accurate conclusions from the events they claim to have seen?
I only want to say something fairly brief in response (as I don't think he would appreciate a lengthy email after my first was slightly so) and I have a couple of ideas as to what. But I thought it may be worth me reaching out to ask others opinions as to what may be a good thing to say. I won't be disheartened if I don't get any responses to this, as I can have more of a think. But as I imagine most of you who read this are more spiritually mature than myself, if any thoughts come to mind for anyone, without you needing to think hard, I would be grateful to hear!
Thank you
The topic of hell came up at a meal time with my family a while back. My Dad being on the fence when it comes to Christianity, challenged me to see whether I could find anything online about there being evidence for hell and to send him what I found.
I have only recently got round to getting back to him... considering all that is written in the Bible that Jesus said about hell, I explained in an email that if we believe Jesus was real and was who he said he was, then we can believe the words he spoke. So, considering this, I instead bullet pointed a few points justifying why we can believe in the Bible, that Jesus was who he said he was and as a result of these, why I subsequently believe in hell.
He replied saying: Is there any objective evidence available to you or me, rather than only writings from people who lived 100's of years ago and who we have no way of verifying their ability to draw accurate conclusions from the events they claim to have seen?
I only want to say something fairly brief in response (as I don't think he would appreciate a lengthy email after my first was slightly so) and I have a couple of ideas as to what. But I thought it may be worth me reaching out to ask others opinions as to what may be a good thing to say. I won't be disheartened if I don't get any responses to this, as I can have more of a think. But as I imagine most of you who read this are more spiritually mature than myself, if any thoughts come to mind for anyone, without you needing to think hard, I would be grateful to hear!
Thank you