Saying this to an religious fanatic

[Doubting Thomas]

I think what the poster is trying to ask is "Why would an all-powerful and infinitely intelligent being create the entire universe and then bother with punishing people on one tiny little speck if they don't constantly kiss his ass?" Which is a valid question and could even be boiled down to, "Why does the all-powerful creator of the universe even want or need us to worship him?" If a being is all-knowing and all-powerful, then it'd know how powerful and great it is and wouldn't need a bunch of hairless apes on a tiny little rock floating in his vast creation to tell him so. But yet, that's the entire basis of Christianity. God created us to constantly kiss his ass, and if we don't we get punished.