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Pat's Substack: https://journalofabsolutetruth.substack.com/
Fr. JD Rooney's Book: https://www.routledge.com/Not-a-Hope-in-Hell/Rooney/p/book/9781032962764
00:00 — Welcome Back, “Father Hell”
02:11 — What Does the Catholic Church Actually Teach About Hell?
04:43 — What Is Sin? Mortal vs. Venial Sin
07:33 — Is Hell Self-Chosen?
09:19 — Free Will, Grace, and the Eternity of Hell
10:42 — What Is Dogma—and What Isn’t—About Hell?
12:26 — Hopeful Universalism vs. Necessary Universalism
14:01 — Why Universalism May Create Bigger Problems
17:22 — Is Hell Necessarily Possible?
19:17 — Does Hell Require the Will to Become “Fixed”?
21:21 — Aquinas, Sin, and Why Creatures Can Reject the Good
22:02 — Objection: Wouldn’t Infinite Chances Eventually Save Everyone?
25:19 — Objection: Infinite Punishment for a Finite Sin?
28:13 — Mortal Sin, Ignorance, and Culpability
31:30 — Why Infinite Opportunities Don’t Guarantee Repentance
35:33 — A Finite Act Can Cause a Permanent Rupture
38:46 — The Adultery Analogy and Divine Mercy
42:27 — Do Non-Christians Automatically Go to Hell?
46:06 — The Mathematics of “Infinite Opportunities”
47:00 — Is God Torturing People in Hell?
49:16 — Could the Punishments of Hell Decrease?
51:23 — Does Anyone Deserve Eternal Torment?
52:53 — Retributive Justice and the Purpose of Punishment
55:40 — Could Something Good Be Experienced as Hell?
58:23 — The Pain of Loss and the Pain of Sense
1:02:00 — Objection: How Can We Be Happy in Heaven If Others Are in Hell?
1:03:00 — God’s Happiness, Impassibility, and Compassion
1:06:04 — Does Love Require Grief Over the Damned?
1:07:50 — Why Would God Create Someone Who May Go to Hell?
1:11:51 — Pat’s Response to the Problem of Heavenly Grief
1:14:57 — “Doomscrolling Is Not a Moral Obligation”
1:15:57 — Does Aquinas Say We Rejoice in the Suffering of the Damned?
1:17:21 — Final Thoughts: What a Defense of Hell Actually Requires
1:18:19 — Fr. Rooney’s Not a Hope in Hell & New Book00:00 — Welcome Back, “Father Hell”
02:11 — What Does the Catholic Church Actually Teach About Hell?
04:43 — What Is Sin? Mortal vs. Venial Sin
07:33 — Is Hell Self-Chosen?
09:19 — Free Will, Grace, and the Eternity of Hell
10:42 — What Is Dogma—and What Isn’t—About Hell?
12:26 — Hopeful Universalism vs. Necessary Universalism
14:01 — Why Universalism May Create Bigger Problems
17:22 — Is Hell Necessarily Possible?
19:17 — Does Hell Require the Will to Become “Fixed”?
21:21 — Aquinas, Sin, and Why Creatures Can Reject the Good
22:02 — Objection: Wouldn’t Infinite Chances Eventually Save Everyone?
25:19 — Objection: Infinite Punishment for a Finite Sin?
28:13 — Mortal Sin, Ignorance, and Culpability
31:30 — Why Infinite Opportunities Don’t Guarantee Repentance
35:33 — A Finite Act Can Cause a Permanent Rupture
38:46 — The Adultery Analogy and Divine Mercy
42:27 — Do Non-Christians Automatically Go to Hell?
46:06 — The Mathematics of “Infinite Opportunities”
47:00 — Is God Torturing People in Hell?
49:16 — Could the Punishments of Hell Decrease?
51:23 — Does Anyone Deserve Eternal Torment?
52:53 — Retributive Justice and the Purpose of Punishment
55:40 — Could Something Good Be Experienced as Hell?
58:23 — The Pain of Loss and the Pain of Sense
1:02:00 — Objection: How Can We Be Happy in Heaven If Others Are in Hell?
1:03:00 — God’s Happiness, Impassibility, and Compassion
1:06:04 — Does Love Require Grief Over the Damned?
1:07:50 — Why Would God Create Someone Who May Go to Hell?
1:11:51 — Pat’s Response to the Problem of Heavenly Grief
1:14:57 — “Doomscrolling Is Not a Moral Obligation”
1:15:57 — Does Aquinas Say We Rejoice in the Suffering of the Damned?
1:17:21 — Final Thoughts: What a Defense of Hell Actually Requires
1:18:19 — Fr. Rooney’s Not a Hope in Hell & New Book
