having is love freely given, then that choice cannot be forced. If God wants to take us seriously as free human beings, then He must allow us to refuse to love Him. We don’t know if any human creature has finally and totally turned his back on God, but logically at least the possibility must be there. This is what is called the doctrine of hell. People are often confused about this, assuming that the doctrine must imply that there are people in the state of hell, but that by no means follows. A condition