In a recent video, Chris Date (CD) claims that Ignatius of Antioch was an annihilationist ( link ).  CD generally uses the term "condi...

Chris Date (CD) has a video in which he claims that Clement of Rome held to "conditional immortality" ( link  - if you're inte...

Chris Date has a video arguing for the idea that Polycarp of Smyrna held to conditional immortality ( link to video ). CD's arguments ha...

One of the key texts regarding hell is Revelation 21:8, which states: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, a...

If you are going to consider the subject of the eternal torments of hell, you cannot limit yourself to the New Testament.  You also should n...

Amongst the various descriptions of suffering in hell, one notable description is the gnashing of teeth.  In the New Testament, Matthew prov...

Sometimes a person who is an annihilationist will argue as follows (Please note that I'm not endorsing any aspect of this representation...

In any discussion on Hell, I would be remiss to omit discussion of the Abyss, sometimes translated the "deep" or the "bottoml...

Various Jewish sources of the Pharisaical (or related) stripe, provide us with useful background information on the subject of hell.   Josep...

In my previous post ( link ), we saw some of the passages and themes related to hell.  This is a supplemental post that addresses some of th...

Over at "Rethinking Hell," Mr. Chris Date has retreated a few steps in his discussion of the meaning of the term "punishment...

This post is heavily reliant (to the point that it would be plagiarism if I did not give full credit) on Adam Blauser's comment in the ...

In his constructive speech ( in a recent debate with Joshua Whipps ), Mr. Date alleged that noun "punishment" is a "deverbal ...