There are many reasons why you should not be a Christian,
but one of the most powerful ways to cause a believer to question their faith
is to show them how terrible their supposed god is. The vast majority of people who identify as
Christian are wonderful, loving, good people – and they’ve probably never
thought through exactly how terrible their god would have to be if it existed.
One of the most powerful ways to show this is through the
argument from the existence of hell. This argument is powerful because it is an
internal critique. It assumes the truth
claims of Christianity for the creation and final destiny of the universe, two
things that really can’t be whitewashed over as easily as the particularly
nasty bits of slavery and genocide in the bible. That doesn’t mean the apologists won’t try,
but this part of Christian theology is so horrible that they’re going to have a
hard time of it.
So let’s start with the argument in a simple syllogism:
