Jul 7, 2015
This week’s listener-requested episode goes after the issues surrounding the afterlife, particularly heaven and hell. Jeff, Mona, and Allen discuss the historical and cultural context behind “hell” passages in the Bible, why they lead us to rethink concepts that have been around since the Middle Ages, speculate about the this-worldly nature of a future heaven, and then disagree about how all of this relates to the here-and-now. Their discussion is topped off with an old-fashioned round of Wacky News.
Host Check In (00:25)
Heaven and Hell Conversation (05:14)
Wacky News Segment (52:07)
RELEVANT LINKS
From Show Opening
- This American Life Episode #559 - Captain’s Log (podcast episode)
From Discussion
- Doom and Gloom, the Third Eagle’s Tune (YouTube video)
- Love Wins by Rob Bell (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Rethinking Hell (evangelical organization)
- Sheol - Hebrew word for ‘grave’ (hebrew word)
- Dante’s Inferno - The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell by Dante Alighieri (Book - Amazon Affiliate)
- Paradise Lost by John Milton (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Hades - Greek word for ‘the realm of the dead’ (greek word)
- Geenna - Greek word translated to hell (greek word)
- Code of Hammurabi (ancient text)
- Why ISIS Should Make Christians Rethink The Doctrine Of Hell on Former Fundie, Benjamin L. Corey
- John Polkinghorn (an English theoretical physicist, theologian, writer and Anglican priest)
- Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (7 Part Series) on The Pangea Blog, Kurt Willems
- Three Views on Hell: Introduction on Split Frame of Reference, Nicholas Quient
From Wacky News Segment
- Superman Fan Has Plastic Surgery To Look Like Superman (YouTube video)
- From $250K to $1: Seaside Nova Scotia home declared worthless following discovery of Mi’kmaq artifact (article)
- Watch bizarre moment firefighters hose down 'randy bulls' so RSPCA can rescue cow (article)
THANK YOU
A big thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise.
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