Part 1
well, the study of it anyway...
When he was little, my youngest son had a unique understanding of spiritual things that I did not have. He was the child that could see things that I couldn't see, that would be responding to something over my shoulder while changing his diaper, that had a friend that he played with that the rest of the family couldn't see... Not gonna lie, it freaked me out a little. But beyond that, as he got older, he seemed to have an understanding of spiritual matters that was not taught, but instinctive. One day, when he was about 5 years old the topic of Hell came up. He questioned me more about it, and thought quietly for a few minutes. Then he looked at me and said, "Mommy, God loves us. All of us. He would never do that." and then off he went. I was dumbfounded. Speechless. I had never actually questioned it. Hell has to exist, right? It's foundational. Isn't it? That little boy planted a seed of doubt in my soul that day that I could not ignore. I did not set out to disprove the existence of Hell, I can assure you. I just couldn't shake that nagging feeling that he knew something I didn't. Read the studies, and see what you think.