cuchulain

if god knows everything, then he knew way back before he said let there be light that I would be a sinner for the few short years he had me here, and thus end up in hell for all eternity to suffer forever. Him being all powerful, why wouldn't he create it so that I wouldn't end up in hell? I have heard the freewill argument, but inevitably am led back to: he is all powerful and all knowing, so he should be able to figure out a way for it to work like i say and not create a bunch of people that he supposedly loves, that he knows will be sinners and end up in hell, and he knows he will torture for all eternity. a lot of people liken him to a good father. If I did that to my kids, what do you think they would say?

people can do "wrong" and suffer the consequences. That is the larger picture that people usually don't consider, that all actions have intended and unintended consequences. If the government thinks that what you did was wrong, that doesn't prevent you from doing it.

a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. I think no matter what you call something, it is what it is.

egocentricity(sp?) is what matters, what the personal point of view believes to be most important. The mouse thinks the cat is a dynamic devil, but the cat thinks the mouse is dinner.

I believe that gods/goddesses are nothing like us, more likely manifestations of energy, energy that takes on some humanlike emotional qualities, so to speak, and are localized occurances.