Why "mysterious ways" don't matter.

[Esquilax]

It is a fact that a creature will never fully understand it's creator. "It is God's privilege to conceal things and the king's privilege to discover them." (Proverbs 25:2)

Facts are demonstrated, not merely asserted.

Anyone who wants to know how to make a delicious dish will ask a professional Chef, not a carpenter. Anyone who wants to know the character of God should hear from someone that knows Him, not an atheist.

And let me guess, anyone who has a differing opinion of god than yours doesn't truly know him?

I often hear atheists talking about the character of God when they don't even believe in God. They speak as if they believe, with a mission to disprove God. Why are they so concerned to take people's hope away I don't understand. "How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?" (Proverbs 1:22)

Classy bible verse, but ignoring that childish jab, what's hopeful about believing in something that's false?

And we can speak about the character of god in the same hypothetical way we can speak about the character of Darth Vader. Don't be stupid.

We live in a Great Controversy between good and evil. The little children dying, people killing each other and all the evil things in this world is the work of the fallen angels, not God's. "God hates wickedness and the suffering" - Isaiah 55:8, but “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19). God has to let the Devil play it out his plan to serve as an example to the entire universe that only by God's Law of Love there is peace and harmony in the entire universe. Then when he returns to take us home "sin will never rise again" (Nahum 1:9).

Being a dick to prove a passive aggressive point about how great you are is still being a dick.

There is much to say about the misunderstanding of an eternal hell. It is against the character of God and it is not what the bible teaches. Many religions misinterpret this topic, but the bible is very clear that "the wicked will die. The Lord's enemies are like flowers in a field -- they will disappear like smoke." (Psalms 37:20).

Why is your opinion more valid than theirs?

It's amazing to me how long ago the bible already prophesied about this very topic. "People who aren't spiritual can't receiver these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means." (1Corinthians 2:14).

Oh, the bible has a contingency plan to wave away and silence any dissent? "They just don't get it, man. Don't listen to them." Shocker.

It's almost as if the entire book was a coldly calculated psychological pressure cooker written up by semi-literate bronze age mystics with an underhanded aim to compel belief through trickery!