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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...

annihilationism, death, hell, justice, punishment, sin

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...

death, heaven, hell, near death experiences, soul

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 ...

buddhism, emotions, fear, hell, rationality, reason

Sending Someone to Hell by Taking His Life

How can you address the sovereignty of God with someone who has taken a life (either purposeful or accidental) and is struggling with the concept that the person they killed may have come to a saving relationship with Christ if they had not prematurely ended t...

divine foreknowledge, hell, middle knowledge, molinism

Do the Damned Receive their Just Desert?

Dear Dr. Craig, I have some questions about your 12 Dec 2022 podcast, where you responded to Zhao's question, "Why doesn't God give us an infinite time to accept Jesus?" In your response, you said, "If God gave you an infinite amount of time for peopl...

divine justice, hell, justice, punishment

Meaninglessness and Evangelism

Why do you try to persuade nonbelievers that naturalism is unlivable and depressing when you argue that non-Christians will be eternally tormented for not believing in the right kind of god? I'm not asking you why it's just for nonbelievers to be torme...

arguments for the existence of god, hell, meaning of life, naturalism, worldview

Is My Wife in Hell?

I am a Christian, but am at loggerheads with some who say my late wife, who had clinical depression and killed herself is in Hell. She caused me to have a brain-injury through her actions and yet I forgive her and am sorry too. Can God not be as forgiving as m...

atonement, divine mercy, forgiveness, heaven, hell, pardon

Is Mere Christianity Sufficient for Salvation?

Question #1: Hello, Dr Craig Firstly, I'd like to say thank you for the work that you do. It has been a pleasure to watch your debates and read your articles over the short time I've known of your work, and it is certainly helping me grow in my (rela...

arminianism, calvinism, general revelation, hell, mere christianity, molinism

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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...

annihilationism, death, hell, justice, punishment, sin

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...

death, heaven, hell, near death experiences, soul

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 ...

buddhism, emotions, fear, hell, rationality, reason