Bill, we get a lot of questions at ReasonableFaith.org. Some of them make question of the week.

Some of them don't. And we give you a chance to respond to as many as we can. This first one says,

Hello, Dr. Craig. I've got a bit of an unusual philosophical question for you. I believe that life begins

at conception, and I also believe in the age of accountability. From listening to you, I think

you believe both of these as well. Together, these two beliefs give us comfort that every aborted

baby ends up in heaven.

While this seems nice at first, I believe it creates a real ethical dilemma.

This would mean that by having an abortion, you could guarantee your child enters heaven.

This seems like a completely upside down conclusion.

How would you reject this? The only way out I see, he says, would be to argue

from a utilitarian view that the baby might have grown up and done even more good than just

simply getting a free pass into heaven. But what if a couple decided to get pregnant and then

have an abortion just for this purpose?

Then it would be a choice between the baby not existing at all or going straight to heaven.

I don't see how guaranteeing heaven for someone could ever be a bad thing, but I also know that murder can never be a good thing.

Thank you for your time in ministry.

That's Stephen in the U.S.

I don't think there is an ethical dilemma here, Stephen, because our moral duties are

determined by God's commandments, and God has commanded us, thou shalt not murder.

So even though it would be better for someone to die and go to heaven, that doesn't mean that you are morally permitted to take that person's life.

You would be committing a violation of God's commands and therefore a serious transgression.

So the answer is not from a utilitarian point of view. That is what's causing your problem

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