Let us consider a situation:
- God creates sentient beings 'in the image of himself' for some reason,
- he filters some of them out according to some criteria,
- he places those who hasn't passed the selection in Hell.
In Hell the 'unfit' do nothing other than being tortured for eternity. Leaving moral aspects aside, this is just a pointless waste of energy. Why would he do so rather than just alter them to meet his requirements? Do we have to consider that the 'unfit' go to Hell for those in Heaven to see them being tortured?
In fact in light of Omnipotence even finite punishment by a divine being doesn't make sense. Punishment makes sense for humans who sometimes know no better means of enforcing social rules but not for someone who can casually alter human character.
- God creates sentient beings 'in the image of himself' for some reason,
- he filters some of them out according to some criteria,
- he places those who hasn't passed the selection in Hell.
In Hell the 'unfit' do nothing other than being tortured for eternity. Leaving moral aspects aside, this is just a pointless waste of energy. Why would he do so rather than just alter them to meet his requirements? Do we have to consider that the 'unfit' go to Hell for those in Heaven to see them being tortured?
In fact in light of Omnipotence even finite punishment by a divine being doesn't make sense. Punishment makes sense for humans who sometimes know no better means of enforcing social rules but not for someone who can casually alter human character.