(November 6, 2017 at 6:21 am)alpha male Wrote:(November 5, 2017 at 9:10 pm)possibletarian Wrote: No you don't miss out on anything if you never existed, there is no body/soul there to miss anything
No you are not been punished if you never existed, no body/soul ever existed to be punished.
To say you are been punished or missing out like you are being put to death for something is silly.
It's not as though god had an excuse he had already seen his angels deserting him, (according to the bible) to go on and create people he know would suffer is just nonsense. unless he embodies the perfect selfish being.
Why do you see it as selfish to create other beings and give them eternal happiness?
Because it's not a gift. You have to perform for the ringmaster if you want your prize.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam