Why Would a GOOD God Create People He Knew Would Go to Hell? Plus More Q&A

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

If God knew that millions or billions of people would not only sin, but in the end reject Him and therefore spend eternity in Hell, why would He create mankind in the first place? In other words, why would God create people He knew would go to Hell? Wouldn't a "good" God create a universe where EVERYONE believes?

This week, Frank responds to these and other listener questions surrounding various topics like conversational prayer, the fear of sharing your faith, and how to reconcile God's foreknowledge with our free will. He'll also address the assertion from some atheists and skeptics that theists must provide "extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims", even though they don't hold themselves to the same (totally illogical) standards! You'll also learn:

Can God force free creatures to love Him?
How have non-Christians like Richard Dawkins and Jordan Peterson led people to Christ?
Should Christians always expect divine revelation during prayer?
What's a simple way to engage in theological conversations when you're fearful?
Why (and how) should Christians defend the faith in Corporate America?

Later in the podcast, Frank shares some practical advice on how to combat wokism in the workplace. He'll also briefly unpack a shocking event that transpired when a concerned mom encountered a man identifying as transgender in the women's locker room at her local Planet Fitness. If you've ever been challenged in any of the areas highlighted in this week's midweek podcast, Frank will offer a helpful list of additional resources that are relevant to each of the topics discussed, so be sure to check our list of helpful links below!

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Resources mentioned during the episode:

BOOK: Chosen But Free by Norman Geisler

BOOK: Coming to Faith Through Dawkins by Denis Alexander and Alister McGrath

ARTICLE: Does God Whisper? - Part 1 by Greg Koukl

ARTICLE: Does God Whisper - Part 2 by Greg Koukl

BOOK: Decision Making and the Will of God by Garry Frieson and J. Robin Maxson

ARTICLE: Sex at Work - by Frank Turek

BOOK: Correct, Not Politically Correct - by Frank Turek

Transcript

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.0	Because you have faith, does that make this book true?
0:05.0	Does God exist?
0:07.0	So when someone says there is no truth, if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:13.6	Is that true?
0:15.4	They don't think Christianity's true.
0:18.5	They're talked out of it.
0:20.2	You know why they're talked out of it?
0:22.2	Because they've never been talked into it.
0:24.0	Cross-examining skeptical and apiistic view.
0:28.0	Welcome to Cross-examine with Dr. Frank Turrick.
0:32.0	Ladies and gentlemen, if God knew from before the world began,
0:37.0	before creation, that millions or billions of people would not only sin, but in the end reject him and therefore spend
0:47.0	eternity in hell, why would he create mankind to begin with? In other words, why would God create people he knew would go to hell?
0:57.0	That's one of the questions that you have sent in. If you want to send in a question, go to your email account and type in hello at crossexamined.org and we'll
1:06.9	see about getting to your question. Unfortunately, we can't get to all of them. But we're
1:10.7	going to cover that today. We'll also talk a little bit about something called
1:15.0	let's see it's called conversational prayer or listening prayer. We also have a question
1:21.5	about you know how know, how can I stand for Christ when I'm afraid, I'm afraid to stand for Christ.
1:29.0	We'll talk a little bit about the objection that atheists sometimes give us and that is
1:35.6	extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence is that really true
1:42.3	welcome to I don't have enough faith to be Is that really true?
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