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RealisticCatholic
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Someone only goes to hell by free choice.
However, especially with the Thomistic Catholic theory of human action, people act – even commit sin – based on a perceived good.
So someone who goes to hell is still choosing what they perceive to be their highest good. God is the highest, ultimate Good. This is what humans were created for. But various human passions and appetites can lead one to consider other things as their ultimate good.
But in that case, the person is mistaken. So why should anyone justly deserve hell if they are ignorant about what their Highest Good is?
(And this is to say nothing about the traditional doctrine of the pain of sense, like literal hellfire, which is positive inflicted punishment).
However, especially with the Thomistic Catholic theory of human action, people act – even commit sin – based on a perceived good.
So someone who goes to hell is still choosing what they perceive to be their highest good. God is the highest, ultimate Good. This is what humans were created for. But various human passions and appetites can lead one to consider other things as their ultimate good.
But in that case, the person is mistaken. So why should anyone justly deserve hell if they are ignorant about what their Highest Good is?
(And this is to say nothing about the traditional doctrine of the pain of sense, like literal hellfire, which is positive inflicted punishment).
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