Is Hell Empty? | National Catholic Reporter

Is Hell Empty? | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: Hell certainly exists on Earth and likely after for a great many people.  Whether this is eternal suffering or eventual eternal death has been debated in the Church for years.  There are some Church of Alexandria theologians who argued that eventually Hell would be emptied and all would be saved.  There is an old saw in recovery that Religion is for people to avoid Hell, while Spirituality is for people who have been there and do not want to go back.  Jesus' teaching on Hell likely reflected the conversation of the time, which comes more from Zoroastranism than Judaism.  Whether it is true or not depends on whether you thought that Christ had a direct line to the eternal in this life or whether he was informed by faith and the scriptures and filled with the Spirit.  If he was not a walking Demigod, then even his words must be taken in context. Of course, the most obvious point is that Hell is where we send our enemies.