Why is belief in a higher power required?

[Ryantology]

I do not have to fear death, it is you who should fear the eternal life if you do not change, hell is a very unhappy place.

If you're right about hell, I'm right about God being a vindictive prick.

I do want to live with God forever,yes, if that's selfish then count me selfish, however I have served God at what nonbelievers would call, giving up the good life.

Have you really? You have a computer and enough free time to post as much as I do, you eat food every night, you have a roof over your head. You have safety, security, freedom and material wealth most people in the world can't even dream of having.

What your God calls 'giving up the good life' is "Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:22). You haven't done anything even resembling this, instead hoping that God will be satisfied with you occasionally making a token effort at charity.

I also came out of these serves with gain from God, as He promises, it is spiritual gain something you would not understand.

I certainly do, I just don't call it 'spiritual' or attribute it to God.

God also says for us to build up our treasures in heaven and not here where decay will eat away at them. You're wrong, it is a relationship with God that is the point, and that relationship is an opportunity to grow as a human so we can serve God better. The selfishness that God does not like is that of those who try to live life on their own.

Show a Christian a holy command he does not even bother trying to fulfill, watch a Christian re-interpret that command so that he can maintain a sanctimonious air when a non-believer calls them on it. Not that you'll agree with my interpretation, but I don't really give a shit; I'm not the one who has to explain myself to God.

If you're right about your God, you better hope his expectations of you are not as stringent as they appear to be, because if there's one thing the Bible does make abundantly clear, it is that he does not take it well when people pretend piety as you do.