This has been an interesting thread.
As many opinions here as there are in life I reckon.
I don't quite understand folks like Big Jim who want to call folks like Everett a fool because he believes in God. The reason for the animosity escapes me.
On the other hand I don't think believers should be telling the non believers they will rot in hell.
This one's a case of "to each his own" as long as one doesn't hurt the other.

As for me. Hell, I just don't know. I do know I got dealt a pretty crappy hand in life and for whatever reason I wasn't able to turn it around. But that was my failing, not some Deity's.
I really don't think "God" really gives a Sh*t what happens on this miserable rock from one day to the next.
If he requires people to grovel in front of his alter and shed their spiritual blood for him is something I'll never quite grasp. It would be like me insisting my Grandchildren love me and respect me even as I stand on the Bank and watch them drown. The last thing they would hear as they went under would be me saying. Love me and obey me I will save you. Then they would be dead. I wonder what they would be thinking as the water filled their lungs.

I think I'll just wait and see. If there is a God then he can give me a test after he has made Himself known to me and explains my life to me and why it had to be the way it was. I really don't remember doing anything to deserve the lot I received.
On the other hand there was about twenty years where I didn't deserve any better. I was a real jerk.

For those of you who have had a nice life I say good for you. I don't begrudge it at all. Me? I am just putting in my time waiting to die.

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