Benevolent Creator God?

[Astreja]

Sorry to bother you with what-if games. It's just that there is a potential risk of infinite loss if one plays this game dishonestly. Is it rational not to worry about the possibility of an infinite loss?

I'm prepared to take that risk, as I consider the possibility itself to be infinitesimal.

God's existence is a sufficient condition for the existence of an afterlife, as I repeatedly explained in this forum. It's not really difficult to understand why: a basic property of God is justice. A consequence of justice is that all people should be accountable for their acts, and hence there has to be another life where such a thing happens - this is really a trivial corollary of the assumption that God exists.

The problem with that: Infinite punishment for acts committed in a finite lifetime is infinitely evil, and a god that would behave in such a manner is simply not to be trusted.

And since we have very compelling arguments for God's existence, I am afraid an afterlife is more than just some idea someone dreamed up.

As I have already rejected the "very compelling arguments" as totally unconvincing, my position remains unchanged: I believe that the afterlife is mythical.

Do you have some way to rule out the existence of my invisible dragon?

As the dragon is a close personal friend of mine (Hi, Glori!) why would I want to? He's also not in the habit of threatening people, unless they block his view of the TV when he's trying to watch Casablanca. Better be careful, Klorophyll - he might throw a clawful of popcorn at you and yell "Down in front!"

You didn't bother to be precise and mention that everything you say is your personal opinion, not some argument you're going to defend objectively.

I never said I was going to defend any argument objectively. I was stating my opinions from the beginning.

I can't think of any excellent reason to not to be open to deductive or ontological arguments -like you are.

I've already deduced that religion is not for me, and I went through my ontological phase many decades ago. Waste of my time to reopen issues that are already resolved to my satisfaction.