Quote Originally Posted by jsn9333
Whether or not the God of Scripture is a divine tyrant is for you to decide for yourself. I of course do not think so. He gives us free will to choose to love and be with him, or to hate and be away from him.
What a polarized view. You can't really believe that the alternatives are to love god and follow, or hate him on one's own. Can you?

What about all the vocal christians who hate? What about all the complete agnostics who manage to cultivate love and kindness every day?

Is god really the sort to draw a line in the sand with his big toe and then dare us to cross it?