Ep. #2 - Everything Wrong with the Case Against Hell | Response to Randal Rauser

In the second episode of Summa Contra Everybody, Ethan Muse and Pat Flynn respond to Miles Donahue and Randal Rauser's recent case against Hell.

0:00 Introduction
4:00 Who Has the Burden of Proof?
7:13 The "Easy" vs. "Hard" Problem of Hell
9:41 The Emotional vs. Intellectual Problem of Hell
17:27 Children, Mortal Sin, and "Maximal" Punishment
23:01 Do You Have to "Make Yourself Stupid" to Believe in Hell?
25:47 Can We Trust Our Moral Intuitions?
33:23 Catholic Authority, Miracles, and Hell
43:15 Whose Saints Are Better?
47:52 Are Human Beings Wicked Enough to Deserve Hell?
54:58 Original Sin, Determinism, and Culpability
1:02:38 Does Stealing a Pack of Gum Deserve Eternal Punishment?
1:13:08 Ignorance, Culpability, and Knowing God
1:16:17 Are All Sins Equally Severe?
1:20:33 What Mortal Sin Actually Is
1:24:12 Why Doesn't God Simply Rehabilitate Everyone?
1:35:08 Massa Damn​ata: Are Most People Damned?
1:41:57 Jesus, the Fewness of the Saved, and the Saints
1:50:33 Does Hell Make Creation a "Net Negative"?
1:56:56 Did Jesus Really Teach Eternal Hell?
2:06:22 Miles Donahue's Central Argument Against Eternal Hell
2:11:11 Is Retributive Punishment—or "Torture"—Wrong?
2:17:15 How Much Weight Should We Give Moral Intuitions?
2:22:03 The Noetic Effects of Sin
2:29:44 Do the Noetic Effects of Sin Undermine Catholicism?
2:34:01 Can We Appeal to Holy People as Moral Authorities?
2:43:09 Moral Disagreement and the Reliability of Intuition
2:49:27 Are There Different Degrees of Punishment in Hell?
2:55:03 Final Thoughts

Ethan's Substack: https://motivacredibilitatis.substack.com/

Pat's Substack: https://substack.com/@journalofabsolutetruth