{"id":34187,"date":"2026-01-03T02:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/nieuws\/father-mike-schmitz-says-hell-exists-as-human-choice-given-by-god-in-his-goodness\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T02:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:17:00","slug":"father-mike-schmitz-says-hell-exists-as-human-choice-given-by-god-in-his-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/en\/nieuws\/father-mike-schmitz-says-hell-exists-as-human-choice-given-by-god-in-his-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Mike Schmitz says hell exists as human choice given by God in his goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>  <span>Father Mike Schmitz before his show in Vail, Colorado, as part of his Parables Tour. | Credit: Daniel Milchev<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jan 2, 2026 \/ 20:17 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>The existence of hell as an option for human beings at the end of life is proof of God\u2019s goodness, according to Father Mike Schmitz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of our lives, he simply gives us what we\u2019ve actually chosen,\u201d Schmitz said during his talk, titled \u201c&#8230;And at the Hour of Our Death,\u201d at the SEEK 2026 conference in Columbus, Ohio. \u201cI think this is incredible to realize, that if I want not God, I get not God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, if with my choices, I\u2019ve said, \u2018God, I want not you,\u2019 he lets me have not him \u2014 which is another way to say, hell,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat\u2019s what hell is. Hell is existence apart from God. If that\u2019s what I want, God, in his goodness, in God\u2019s justice, he\u2019ll give that to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some 26,000 attendees have gathered through Jan. 5 in Columbus, Denver, and Fort Worth, Texas, for the SEEK 2026 conference organized by     <a href=\"https:\/\/seek.focus.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FOCUS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitz addressed various ways Christians think about death, noting that what we believe tells us a lot about how we see life and the degree to which we trust God. He then highlighted a theory that posits that God reveals himself at the hour of our death in his full glory, so that it becomes impossible not to choose him and, therefore, for anyone to go to hell.<\/p>\n<p>This theory, Schmitz said, \u201cis B as in S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is, bologna sandwich,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only is it false, but it makes God a tyrant,\u201d he said. \u201cGod tolerates our evil choices to preserve our free will. God doesn\u2019t want any of us to sin. He tolerates that. God allows us to do that to preserve our freedom. Why? Because God\u2019s saying, \u2018You matter, your choices matter.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schmitz pointed out that if at the end of life, \u201cafter allowing us to go through an entire life, lifetimes, where our choices hurt people around us,\u201d God were to overwhelm human capacity to choose God, it would be \u201cslavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf God, at the moment of our death, is going to force us to choose him because of his love, he\u2019s a bad God,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy? Because if God has known this whole time that the last, greatest, most important choice of our life, he was going to strip away from us, rendering our entire previous life meaningless, why did he keep us in this world of suffering?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that God preserves our freedom even if we don\u2019t want him demonstrates to us that he is still good,\u201d Schmitz said. \u201cThe existence of hell, the reality of hell, the fact that our choices matter are the only thing that preserves God\u2019s goodness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Schmitz told conference participants, \u201call of this starts right now.\u201d Referencing \u201cThe Grinch,\u201d he pointed out that while purgatory serves as a sort of \u201cplan B,\u201d life \u201cis meant to be the place where God grows your heart two sizes two big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys, purgatory has already started,\u201d he said in conclusion. \u201cWhich means heaven has already started every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Mike Schmitz before his show in Vail, Colorado, as part of his Parables Tour. | Credit: Daniel Milchev Jan 2, 2026 \/ 20:17 pm (CNA). 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