I posted this on another Christian thread, I'd appreciate your take. The other guy just babbled on about free will and didn't answer the question at all. Thank you. God's all knowing; past, present, future, correct? So he knew before creating mankind that ultimately, let's say 70% of all humans to walk the earth will go to hell. I think that's a fair number, most people across history probably haven't/won't accept Christ as their savior (the key for the kingdom of heaven) for whatever reason; they're another religion, athiest, etc. But for the sake of arguing that number we'll say 50%. So, half of all humans ever, billions of people will go to hell. So, god created his children knowing that at least half of them, billions, would ultimately burn in a lake of fire for all eternity so he could have the devout ones in heaven with him. Now, my wife and I are currently having trouble getting pregnant. If a doc came up to me and said "hey, I can get you 10 kids...but, we're gonna have to throw 5 of them into a furnace at some point in their life." Obviously I would reject that offer. Not the best comparison but you get the idea. Even if only one person out of the billions across human history were to be condemned to hell, I think that's a pretty messed up, unfair plan.