HELL? NO!

15 Reasons I No Longer Believe in Eternal Damnation

“I believe in hell, but I don’t believe anyone is there.” -Teresa de Avila

“Heaven and hell are more states of consciousness now and later, than geographic places.” -Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II

The historic fear of “hell” is increasingly going to hell.

In it’s place is a growing faith in a loving Creator who invites all into an intimate relationship that will last for eternity.

The best single resource I have found which helped me to make a fundamental paradigm shift away from the “sinners must be punished” worldview is a one-hour audio mp3 from the Center of Contemplation and Action Founder Father Richard Rohr entitled “HELL NO!”

At the end of this summary I will link to a few other great resources, but let’s begin with my fifteen key takeaways from Rohr’s teaching:

1) The reason the topic of hell is important is that until we clear away the notion that the character of reality, God and the universe is a threatening, hostile and violent place most people will not accept or seek their Creator as good, loving and safe.

2) In Genesis 1, God said everything is good six times before mentioning the so-called “fall” into bad. If we start with a mad, angry God we…