(1) Yes
(2) “Sentient” is a better word. Man tends to be selectively compassionate.
(3) The suffering is pretty imaginable, as is the torment, and it is all purposeful and thus needful. There is also a lot of pleasure, including very simple pleasures obtained from just looking at the horizon.
(4) Life is not purely abuse, and we do not even know what the “cutoff” for heaven is.
So god’s plan:
Make the universe
fill it with compassionate creatures
make them suffer unimaginable torment, needlessly
only grant them entry to a less shitty existence if they learn to appreciate the abuse. Otherwise extend their torment for eternity.
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Am I missing anything?
(1) Yes (2) “Sentient” is a better word. Man tends to be selectively compassionate. (3) The suffering is pretty imaginable, as is the torment, and it is all purposeful and thus needful. There is also a lot of pleasure, including very simple pleasures obtained from just looking at the horizon. (4) Life is not purely abuse, and we do not even know what the “cutoff” for heaven is.