Lemme stop you right there. God gave humans free will. The Bible says that we were made in his image (his being God). The most prominent aspect of this is that we were given free will. God absolutely could force us to do whatever he wanted us too, but he doesn't. The Bible also specifically says that the world we live in will be a challenge to live as the Bible says. So it's completely their choice to reject the Bible or not. And IF you do believe it, then you understand that 100 years on this earth is literally nothing compared to eternity, so how comfortably we live our lives here doesn't really matter.
Yeah? I read about someone who lost their brother due to the irrational intolerance of the church, his brother commit Self Delete because they told him all this bullstuff about how much of a forgetup he was for being gay. Tell me, what the forget do I say to him afterward that'll make him want to convert to Christianity? Tell him that his brother was a pusillanimous individual and the church was right all along? "Trust me bro, not all christians want to bully your loved ones into Self Delete bro. just convert bro"? Does he deserve to burn because he wont accept that?
It wasn't about free will to begin with. As a matter of fact free will is part of the damn problem, sorry but "do this or burn in hell forever starfish" isn't a loving 'choice' and it certainly doesn't represent 'freedom'. You and I got it easy. Obviously we were both brought up with these strict values so it's easier for us to believe in the magical sky bro because it's all we've known since we could wipe our own asses. And yeah I get it, yadda yadda, pascals wager right? Sorry but most kids growing up in the current era are gonna find it pretty damn hard to believe that my boy Noah saved the entire animal kingdom by herding their asses onto a boat that he made with his bare hands and some syrup before a giant flood filled up the whole Earth. Or that Moses split an entire sea in two and then led a ton of people through it to safety. Or that Jesus turned water into wine. Who's fault is that? Are they at fault because they won't willingly accept something that blatantly contradicts everything they've been taught? Do they deserve to burn for all eternity because of it?
If God expects people to just blindly follow something while simultaneously giving them absolutely jack for evidence, then he must think we're real loving stupid. I don't believe God works that way, I don't think he's that loving cruel. If he designed the human brain and is truly omnipotent then he understands the brown townytical nature of the human consciousness.
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