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Middle Knowledge and Those Who Die in Infancy
Dr. Craig: I teach philosophy to high school students at an international school in Beijing. Your work has proven to be an invaluable resource for my classes. Recently a student asked me a question that often arises in class: Do aborted babies go to heaven? I...
Middle Knowledge and the Essentialism of Origins
Dr. Craig: You have a great deal invested in God's ability to "providentially order" His created Earth such that those who will accept the Gospel are actualized in temporal and geographical circumstances where they will hear the Gospel. As for the many pla...
counterfactuals, divine revelation, hell, middle knowledge, natural theology
Annihilationism
Hi Dr. Craig, My question for you concerns the nature of hell. I've read/listened to some of your thoughts on this, but I've never heard you attempt to give any sort of real defense on your particular stance. If I'm not mistaken, you hold the trad...
God's Creation of the Lost
Is it fair for a loving God to allow people to reject him and spend eternity in hell? When you consider that no one has ever experienced true separation from God, since God's presence still exists even in the most evil parts of this world. Therefore, you c...
christian particularism, free will, hell, middle knowledge, separation from god, universalism
If an Unbeliever Dies for Someone Else, How Can God Send That Person to Hell?
In April 2016, Dr. William Lane Craig was invited to Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, IL to speak at their annual missions conference. In this short excerpt, Dr. Craig answers a question concerning an unbeliever's sacrificial death for another and God&...
Why Didn’t God Create Only Those who He Knew Would Believe in Him?
Dr. Craig, Thank you for taking the time to review my question and your tireless effort addressing many of the questions from Christians, Muslims, skeptics, etc. throughout the years. I realize your time is precious, so I'll try to keep my question brief ...
Does the Atonement Imply Universalism?
Dr Craig, I'm growing more skeptical about Christianity and was wondering if you could answer a question about the gospel. When Jesus was on the cross He either paid for all sin or some sin. To pay for some sin would mean limited atonement which is not w...
Brazilian Nightclub Fire and Salvation by Works
Doctor Craig, first of all I would like to thank you for your mental and spiritual leadership to my life. You have been of great help in my christian faith. I mean it. But I bring important issues to you in my question now. My name is Leander, I'm 20 years...
A Question of Justice
Hello Dr. Craig, My question is about divine justice. You describe God as being essentially kind, fair, and compassionate, but I do not see how his justice can be exemplified with scenarios like this: Suppose a serial killer like Jeffrey Dahmer enjoys a life...
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Annihilation and Atonement
Dear Dr. Craig, My question revolves around your answer to Question of the Week #986 (Why Can't I Just Die?). The gentleman asking the question wanted to know why he couldn't have the choice to just die when his life is over instead of the choic...
annihilationism, death, hell, justice, penal substitution, punishment
Why Can’t I Just Die?
Hi Dr Craig My question was related to Hell. The specific question is: Why is there a dichotomy of Heaven or Hell? A lot of people ask how can a loving God send people to Hell or how can Jesus be the only way to Heaven or something like that. My problem is d...
Is God in Hell?
If God created Hell, and God is omnipresent, then doesn't it follow that God is present in Hell? If that's the case, why do some Christians say that Hell is "eternal separation from God"? It seems the more accurate statement is that Hell is "eternal s...
divine essence, divine-human relationship, hell, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience
The State of the Soul after Death
First I really appreciate your work and find your words very interesting. My Christian Studies teacher (im in highschool) told me that he used to be one of your students back in college, now he assigns your Q&A's as homework and has us summarize your a...
Buddhist Hell
Dear Dr. Craig, I am a Christian convert from Buddhism. I grew up in South Korea, where Buddhist traditions have been the backbone of the culture for over a thousand years, since the medieval Silla Kingdom. My family is also Buddhist and I once thought about ...