Dear Dr. Craig, I am a month in my 20th living in Korea.

And although I have not yet come to faith, I believe that Christianity

is true and that the God of Christianity truly exists. I also have a clear understanding

of the gospel as Christianity presents it. However, despite knowing the gospel, I have been

unable to come to faith because of certain logical, theological, and philosophical obstacle.

I would be grateful if you could address and repute the argument I am currently struggling with.

My argument is as follows.

I believe that genuine love seems to imply antinatalism.

Suppose there is a set of parents who live in an area known for a dangerous and influential

gang.

These parents know that if they have a child, the child will have the genuine possibility

of either choosing of his own pre-will to join what the parents consider an evil environment, the gang,

or choosing to remain safely within the care of his parents.

In such a situation, would it really be the loving choice for the parents to bring a child into existence?

In this scenario, it seems more loving not to have a child.

Certainly, if the child freely chose to remain with the parents,

then the decision to have the child would prove beneficial and achieve its intended purpose.

However, if the opposite outcome occurred, if the child

chose the gang, the parents would deeply regret having brought the child into existence

and would think that non-existence would have been far better. In cases like this, one ought to

consider the worst possibility rather than the best.

While the best case outcome would be wonderful, it seems that avoiding the worst case outcome

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