A public apostate recently stated, “This isn’t dogma, just my thought. I like to think of hell as being empty. I hope it is.” Many others online repeated the sentiment. But they’re wrong. First of all, it’s infallible dogma that not just demons, but men and women are in hell. The Council of Trent states in chapter 3 in the Decree on Justification: “But, though [Christ] died for all, yet all do not receive the benefit of His death, but those only unto whom the merit of His passion is communicated.” Let’s also look at why it’s not more hopeful to think of an empty-hell. First of all, St. Augustine … Continue reading Despair and False-Hope Kill the Soul