Dear Dr. Craig, I'm not a Christian myself, but find Christian theology to be interesting, and your defense particularly interesting.

I've heard you mention on numerous occasions that you believe a life without God is absurd,

meaningless, pointless, etc.

I personally disagree with that claim, but that's not the purpose of this question.

My question is, why do you repeatedly emphasize that life without God is meaningless and absurd?

To me, that only seems to create problems.

There are undoubtedly atheists who believe that their life is meaningless and are depressed as a result.

If they hear your comments on this, then it seems like they will just be more depressed.

I don't think telling someone your life is meaningless without God or spreading

that message will get many people actually believing or searching for God. To me, it just seems like

it will make things worse for those already depressed. And for the atheists who disagree with your claim,

they will be even more anti-Christianity because the claim appears arrogant. Thank you, David, United States.

Please understand that by what you call life without God, David, I do not mean living without a

belief in God. I'm talking about the objective fact of whether or not God exists, not whether

people believe in him. I think that atheists' lives are filled with meaning and value precisely

because God does exist, whether they know it or not.

The reason that I stress that if God does not exist, then human life is absurd,

is to shake people out of their indifference and get them to think about this most important of life's

questions. People who shrugged their shoulders and say, what difference does it make if God

exists? Simply show that they haven't thought very deeply about this question. Even atheist philosophers,

like Nietzsche, Russell, and Sart, who have thought deeply about this question,

recognize that in the absence of God, human life does become absurd. It's also important to understand, David, that my claim is not offered as a reason for believing

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