“No one will go to hell simply because all they needed was a little more time and they died prematurely.”

“What hell does is recognize that people have intrinsic value. If God loves intrinsic value, then he has go to be a sustainer of persons, because that means he is a sustainer of intrinsic value.”

“...people in heaven will not be denied the privilege of enjoying their life just because they're consciously aware of hell. If they couldn't, then hell would have veto power over heaven.”

“...many atheists embrace Jesus as having been a great teacher, and yet he's the one who had the most to say about hell.”

“The proper thing to do is to admit that hell is real and to allow our feelings of discomfort to motivate us to action.”

“You must understand that in the afterlife, our personalities reflect an adult situation anyway, so we can say for sure that there will be no children in hell.”

“When God is making these judgements, his purpose is not to keep as many people out of hell as possible. His goal is to get as many people into heaven as possible.”