On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 04:38:59 -0700 (PDT), Gary Harnagel
wrote:
On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 4:01:11 AM UTC-6, Paul Schlyter
wrote:
OK, let's suppose this is not his goal. But then, why would God
first
obscure his existence in order to make a number of people not
believe in
him,

To develop faith, of course.

Why is uncritical faith so desirable? To a dictator who wants to
enslave his supporters it is, of course. Is God a dictator?



and then, later, throw the non-believers in hell, to suffer and
scream and anguish, for ever and ever until the end of time?

I don't believe that.

The Bible says so. Don't you believe in the Bible? That would make
you an arrogant apostate who deserves hell...

An all-powerful God could of course do such a thing, but not a
God which
is both all-powerful and all-benign...

Are you claiming that God is evil?

YOU are the one who is claiming that.

FYI: something which does not exist cannot be evil. But those who
made up this "God story" certainly weren't all-benign...

You should be more skeptical of the models because they aren't
reality.

Actual measurements are of course preferable. So what does the
measurements say? Do we have a global warming or not? What's your
opinion?