Can a Loving God Send People to Hell? (William Lane Craig vs Ray Bradley)

http://reasonablefaith.org - Christian Dr. William Lane Craig debates atheist Ray Bradley at Simon Frasier University, Vancouver, B.C., Canada - 1994. This is one of Craig's most exciting debates. A transcript of the debate:
http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/craig-bradley0.html

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[DeDona1]

@drcraigvideos do you think God is pleased that 100,000 people go to hell every day?

[drcraigvideos]

@DeDona1 1. Why would that matter to an atheist anyway, who doesn't believe a hell exists? 2 No. But it's not God's choice. Sorry, but God can't force people to love Him. It has to be genuine.

[halcyondaze82]

you've seem to have blocked a lot on your channel :S in this case I'll ask it here:

Hi John,

Do you think, if I as a non believer in Christianity (I am what you would call an agnostic) that I am going to hell?

Will I be tortured forever for not being convinced when I die?

[drcraigvideos]

@halcyondaze82 Yes to both questions. Do you really think it makes sense for God to let people in heaven who don't even believe in Him? I mean, duh! I only block people who are trolls, ignorant, or shallow. So sue me.

[halcyondaze82]

@drcraigvideos

John,

So you think being skeptical deserves infinite punishment and torture? If you were wrong about something, I wouldn't torture you to death and I'm just a mere human. Not an omnibenevolent God.

[drcraigvideos]

@halcyondaze82 Who says you can't be skeptical? I'm sure plenty of Christians are skeptical about something. But you think that in order to go to heaven you have to be an "omnibenevolent God." That's not even Biblical nor a doctrine of Christianity. It's bad enough you dodged and skipped everything I said, but you're just making straw man arguments now. Try sincerely seeking Christianity out. Try to be fair. And don't pretend that you are. Because we all can see that you aren't.

[karozans]

@drcraigvideos While I agree with you that Osama is in hell. Lets not forget what the video says.

It was not God's will for Osama to go to hell. It was God's desire that Osama go to heaven.

God's heart is broken because Osama chose to send himself to hell.

I know it is hard for us humans to digest this, but it is true.

I guess we are lucky that the one and only true God loves even the most wicked souls.

[gmanbyah328]

Great stuff.

[NashvilleKildCountry]

Lol Dr Craig stirred up my inner abstract algebra nerd with "proper subset." No matter what you think of him, no matter what belief (or lack thereof) you have, you have to admire this guy.

[MsOluwatoyin]

@karozans It was actually,God's desire that Osama,go to heaven,yet,Osama's own free will,took him to heaven/hell(Whichever one he's in)

[RyanGraySmith89]

@halcyondaze82

your actions would be judged by God, for example, God knowing your thoughts is going to be like ok on jan 13th 2012 8 am you thought hey maybe I should look into the bible a bit more that way i can make more sense of my own beliefs, oh wait I'm too lazy ill just continue to believe the nonsense of an uncaused existence... God is going to be like oh so basically you don't care enough to find out the truth, well I gave you the bible its up to you to read it...

[ninetailschris]

@popstargirl79

God bless girl keep the love and show others with actions!

[popstargirl79]

@halcyondaze82 (cont'd 4).. But i thank God for the mercy and grace found for all men in Jesus Christ! I came to know Jesus 10 years ago. I love him. I'm more myself, have more fun, know deeper feelings and union with him than ever before. He's healed me from deep emotional pain.He romances me and surprises me every day. He is kind. He just wants to be your friend and for you to be his. He just wants to love us and know us. He made us, he is our God. He's the best! All the best to you :)

[popstargirl79]

@halcyondaze82 (cont'd 3)..No-one gets sent to hell. Hell is the place where God is not. If anyone rejects God there is nothing else apart from him. Where God is not is hell. I think it comes down to perspective on truth, that Satan has been deceiving the world with since the beginning of time. “there’s always tomorrow’ ‘did God really say…?’ and before you know it you’ve gone down a path into hell. His task done: to damn as many men, women and children as possible..

[popstargirl79]

@halcyondaze82 ..(cont'd 2).. Eternal life is not something you get, but is the very nature of the person you are putting your faith, trust and belief in and on. "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (John 17:3). In actuality, there is no life in this world or the world to come that is not made, created, and breathed into by God. “That in him we all live and move and have our being.” (Acts 17:28)

[popstargirl79]

@halcyondaze82 Hiya. I can understand where you’re coming from. I am a christian (have been for ten years). You ask if you would go to hell for being unconvinced? I am not God, and I cannot judge (as only he knows a man’s heart) but my response to you would be that the bible says that eternal life is not something you get given if you do something, rather, that ETERNAL LIFE IS A PERSON! By knowing eternal life itself (Jesus) you will have, be connected to, know life itself; eternal life.