A rational explanation for hell?

[C Rod]

I doubt any theist will be able to give a good answer for this one.
They keep harping about god being all-loving and yet there is a hell?
Then they harp on about him being all-powerful and yet the devil is still around. Plus creating the universe in 7 days implies that he isn't all powerful.
They harp on about god being all-knowing and yet they say god designs but if you know everything why would you need to design anything? Also whats the point in prayer if he already knows what you want?

None of it makes any sense.

God gave us choice. He created another creator and once this creator gained knowledge of the natural order of good and evil, right and wrong, selfish and unselfish, it choose not its creator who was there but itself and its owns desires. Satan falling to the earth as he too succumb to the desire to be God himself left one to tempt the easily tempted. Hell is created for those that choice lies in the desire for sin and can not be changed, for to have choice is that not good? Who says he is all powerful? He is a God that created the Heavens and the earth. He is not dependent on anything external to himself. Because he knows he designs well, apart from him, without the infinite knowledge nothing can be. Prayer is humbling, a time to confess, not just ask for things. Prayer is a proof that you are true to your conviction to God.