145). Ballou also makes some positive arguments against eternal hell. For instance, Ballou’s view is that misery is parasitic upon sin. If sin ceased to exist, then misery would cease to exist. So, for God to perpetuate sorrow and pain for eternity in hell would require him not to defeat sin, but to perpetuate it for eternity by having people sin endlessly. Such a view, he says, is absurd.
