Originally Posted by: stacknyYou know, Ive struggled with the same things you struggle with. "If God is such a good god, then why does he do such and such?" Trust me, the thoughts have crossed my mind too. Why did he put us here in the first place? Why did he create hell, if he knew some would end up there?

If 'God' is good, through and through, and forgives us ALL our sins, why invent hell in the first place? Why not let us all upstairs, and just educate the bad lot to his way of thinking?
I'd buy that.