Question 9 - Is God Present in Hell?
R. Sungenis: God is everywhere, even in Hell, in his omnipresence. But he is only there in his divine being, not his divine care. When we speak about the "absence" of God we are speaking about the absence of his divine care. God does not care any longer for the souls in hell.
Care is ambiguous--if we use the word "love" instead, we can say that God still loves the damned, because if He did not love them, they would not continue to exist, and so on.
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