Hell exists. The unrepentant go there. By all accounts, and from the man’s own pen, Anthony Bourdain was unrepentant. Therefore, Anthony Bourdain is in Hell. Or perhaps purgatory (which Catholics and other Christians believe is like the cleansing room at the entrance to heaven). Or maybe even Heaven itself. For though the argument above is perfectly valid, it is not necessarily sound. Missing from it is the premise that it is God, and God alone, who judges. Since God knows all, and we know but little, there could be any number of reasons God chose to show Bourdain mercy. Let us pray He did. On the other hand, if we insert the premise of God’s potential mercy, we still are forced to conclude: Based on what we know, it’s likely Anthony Bourdain is in Hell. Now this is an unpleasant thought. Indeed, there is none more unpleasant. It is an awful, sickening thing to contemplate. The mind reels, and does its best to refuse to grasp the point. Why? Because we all know it could be our own fate we have in mind. Which is well. It is why St. Paul advised “with fear and trembling work out your salvation.” (Read more)

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