#394 | What Is Hell?

For some people, hell is a place of eternal punishment. For others, it's merely a stepping stone on the way to redemption.

In this episode, we'll be exploring the idea of hell, its different interpretations, and what happens in each one.

• Defining hell and its interpretations in different religions
• Ancient Egyptian beliefs: judgment in the afterlife, weighing of the heart
• Ancient Greek beliefs: the Underworld and Tartarus
• Jewish beliefs: Sheol and Gehinnom as places of the dead and purification
• Christian beliefs: multiple interpretations of hell, references in the Bible
• Dante's Inferno
• Islamic beliefs: Jahannam, seven circles of hell, fiery punishments
• The ethical "Problem of Hell" and its theological implications
• Alternative perspectives: Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and the absence of hell

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