Sir, – Practising Catholics often dismiss the morally objectionable content and injunctions of the Bible on the basis that they emanate from the Old Testament, but it's not until the New Testament that we are introduced to the concept of Hell, with its terrifying vista of eternal damnation and punishment. Hell still forms part of the official catechism of the church.Interestingly, the Catholic Church is very quiet about hell these days, its very own "Room 101". However, unlike Orwell's Room 101, if you end up in the Bible's Room 101, you're there forever.
Thankfully there is not a shred of evidence that such a place exits. – Yours, etc,
ROB SADLIER,
Stocking Wood Hall,
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Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.