CJ1145 said:
What would you say when you met him?
Would you fall on your knees and beg for forgiveness? Would you try to ignore him? Would you sing a jaunty tune? I've always been curious as to what the skeptics would do if it turned out they were wrong. This topic appeases that curiosity of mine.
I would ask how he could try to make me accountable for any of my actions when the logical conclusion of an all knowing God that created everything is that he knew exactly what he was going to do when he made me thus he made all my decisions for me.
Ignoring the logical arguments I would ask why he intervened on things like Noah's Ark but couldn't lift a finger to stop world poverty, war and disease. Why was he so selective about who to help and when. Then I would ask how anyone who would idly stand by and at best just watch suffering has the right to judge any other person.
Ignoring those arguments I guess I would ask how I was supposed to know 'his' way the the 'right' way. With so much contradiction in the scriptures, hypocrisy in the church, not to mention the sheer number of believe systems which are largely developed through social conditioning how could anyone know that this religion was the 'true' one let alone the individual sect inside that belief system.
Ignoring that argument I would ask him how he can claim to be benevolent but willing to punish someone because they didn't believe in him.
Ignoring that argument I would argue how can I be told I have free will if choosing any other path than 'his' would lead to punishment.
Feel free to comment on any of these with what you think his responses would be. I do wonder what he'd think of you using leisure time on a computer on a Sunday the 'new' day of rest.
EDIT: I wouldn't really be worried about hell because if God is benevolent and all-powerful then he would just stop the devil from existing.