Why the Hell…? [1] – Toward a Livable Theodicy

Dante primarily depicted hell as a place with several stages of suffering meted out in accordance with one's moral life

‘Why the hell…‘ is often used as a rather rude exclamation to express irritation when one is puzzled or annoyed. Taken on face value however it expresses quite well the profound questions that are are brought up in this new three part series of blogposts. Why is there a hell? Why is there suffering? Why is violence condoned in the Old Testament? ‘Why the hell’ is it so very difficult to wrestle with these issues?