17 Aug '06 21:21>
Originally posted by rwingettSo if you created living beings who never needed you and did not know you were around, why would you create them? Also, if hell were reserved for those who were to lazy to think critically, does this mean all the time or a number of times? Is there no room for redemption or a second chance?
If I were a god I would feel no need to be worshipped. So I would create a race of humans who weren't fawning sycophants. Hell would be reserved for people who were too lazy to use their powers of critical thinking. Faith would be the greatest sin. I would either make myself fully known to them, or hide myself so well they had no inkling I was around. And m ...[text shortened]... o intervene every time something went wrong. There's probably a lot more, but that's a start.