(June 15, 2017 at 10:11 am)alpha male Wrote:Quote:10. Do you believe hell is a justifiable punishment for a simple lack of belief?
Nope. But as Biblically hell isn't punishment for a simple lack of belief, it's not an issue. People who say this don't understand mercy. It's like saying that every person who is in prison is being punished for not successfully applying for a pardon. No, they're in there for a crime. If they get pardoned, that's a separate matter.
Even a dumb shit like William Lane Craig disagrees with you. You guys had better get your act together.
Quote:But isn't the real problem here simply the necessary condition of believing in the name of Jesus that you both heard his name and understood its significance? No one can be saved from hell if they haven't been evangelized. What, then, of those who have lived in times or places in which the name of Jesus is unknown or ill-understood? Are we then to suppose that a loving God will send to hell all those who can't believe either because they have never heard or because, like me, they have heard but still find it impossible to believe?
Once more, Dr. Craig bites the bullet. Yes, he says, that's the way it is. The gate of salvation, he likes to remind us, quoting Jesus, is narrow, and the way is hard, and those who find it are few (Mt. 7.14). The exclusion of most human beings on the grounds that they don't believe in Jesus is a simple consequence of the fact that most of them haven't even heard of him.
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/can-a-lov...ley-debate