Wrong calculations are wrong even if you don't know your bridge is going to fall down; but someone who cares about the people on the bridge, and knows that the calculations are wrong and can point that out, would surely do so to prevent the bridge from falling down. Similarly, if some decision of mine is going to land me in hell then someone who cares about my welfare might be expected to make sure I know before I have to make the decision; not to make me culpable or make me not culpable, but to make me less likely to land in hell.) So the issue is why God doesn't make all this stuff absolutely clear to everyone given that (presumably) he doesn't want everyone to go to hell. I think he did quite a lot to get people to know, it's not like he stood by on the sidelines doing nothing. We wouldn't even be having this conversation if it was like that. He sent his son in to the world to warn people, the son who we killed. The cost for saving us was enormous. Could he have done more? Should there be trumpets? I'd like there to be more trumpets, but I think the reasons there aren't so many are complex. The complexities unlock other questions for which there seem to be no answers (e.g. it's clear the world is not as God wants, and that there are demons as there are angels, and the demons are opposed to and work against God's plans, how can this be if God is omnipotent?). I don't have all the answers - I don't think God has provided all the answers to these questions. I think he has provided enough answers that we can be sure he is exists, is loving, and is worthy of our worship. In other words I'm never going to understand it all, but I understand enough that I'm very confident that it's right.
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Wrong calculations are wrong even if you don't know your bridge is going to fall down; but someone who cares about the people on the bridge, and knows that the calculations are wrong and can point that out, would surely do so to prevent the bridge from falling down. Similarly, if some decision of mine is going to land me in hell then someone who cares about my welfare might be expected to make sure I know before I have to make the decision; not to make me culpable or make me not culpable, but to make me less likely to land in hell.)
So the issue is why God doesn't make all this stuff absolutely clear to everyone given that (presumably) he doesn't want everyone to go to hell. I think he did quite a lot to get people to know, it's not like he stood by on the sidelines doing nothing. We wouldn't even be having this conversation if it was like that. He sent his son in to the world to warn people, the son who we killed. The cost for saving us was enormous. Could he have done more? Should there be trumpets? I'd like there to be more trumpets, but I think the reasons there aren't so many are complex. The complexities unlock other questions for which there seem to be no answers (e.g. it's clear the world is not as God wants, and that there are demons as there are angels, and the demons are opposed to and work against God's plans, how can this be if God is omnipotent?). I don't have all the answers - I don't think God has provided all the answers to these questions. I think he has provided enough answers that we can be sure he is exists, is loving, and is worthy of our worship. In other words I'm never going to understand it all, but I understand enough that I'm very confident that it's right.