The Case for Hell

This by Ross Douthat in the New York Times argues that Bell's Hell has problems. He makes some good points.

Comments

[Phoebe]

And he quotes Anthony Esolen!

[Ron Lee]

I should never read the comboxes to pieces like this. The smug cluelessness that passes for educated opinion about religion in places like the Times makes me feel so hopeless.

[Steve]

Could you give some examples of Douthat's "smug cluelessness"? In the small amount of space that he had for his column, I'd say he did a more than halfway decent job opining on the recent controversy, far better than the New York Times Book Review's article on Bell's book.

[Beth from TN]

I believe Mr. Lee is referring to those who commented on Mr. Douthat's column, not the column itself.

[B Cody]

Steve, I believe Beth is right...I viewed the column and the comments and I agree with Ron Lee.

[Steve]

Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate it folks! I didn't even think that combox meant something like comment box.