Why are we here?

[KevinM1]

You are missing the point. YOU decided not to mend the relationship that YOUR sin damaged. You cannot be in the presence of God (heaven) without mending that relationship. This is the consequence of your free will--God cannot mend it for you--it MUST be your choice.

Yeah, Kevin! Gawd, the all powerful creator of the universe, cannot forgive you unless you come grovelling, face in the dirt at it's feet. But, somehow, us poor fallible humans manage to forgive each other on a fairly regular basis whether we're asked to or not.

Steve-o, you have a truly low opinion of your gawd.

What's really sick about the whole thing is that my greatest sin, Original Sin, is something that I had no part of.  Yet, I'm supposedly to be punished for something an ancient ancestor did?  That's perfect justice?

Pathetic and laughable, in equal measure.