8. pleasure in watching hell?
Do the people in heaven see the people in hell? Jesus' parable of Lazarus and the rich man suggests that they do. In the parable, the beggar Lazarus is in heaven while the coldhearted rich man who snubbed him is in hell, where Lazarus can see and hear him Some prominent theologians, such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, claimed that one of the pleasures of heaven is seeing the torments of those in hell. This strikes us as rather cruel, but consider what they meant: Sin is receiving its just punishment, so those in heaven should rejoice because justice is done and because they themselves have escaped horror.
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