Intellectual answers are a "preamble"; real pain requires courage and sympathy.
: He defends Hell not as a place of active torture, but as the "final and unrepented rebellion" where God ultimately grants humans the separation they have chosen. Perspective Heaven The ultimate fulfillment and end of the "anomaly" of pain. Free Will The Problem of Pain
: It provides the only opportunity for a "rebel soul" to amend and surrender. Difficult Topics Intellectual answers are a "preamble"; real pain requires
This environment must remain consistent even when choices lead to pain; otherwise, free will is an illusion. 2. The Meaning of Goodness Intellectual answers are a "preamble"
: Pain removes the "false sense of happiness" and self-sufficiency that keeps us from God.