Our Gods are not doormats. They start off loving us with indescribable intensity, but if we refuse to respond to that love in the way that They want us to, that intense love morphs into a terrifying wrath. In the Old Testament, Yahweh described Himself as divorcing His adulterous wife—all of those people who He had given so much spiritual illumination to only to have them utterly reject Him. Our Gods are not codependent. They don’t need us to like Them. They delight in taking care of us, but They can just as easily delight in torturing us if we refuse to submit to Them. These are not human beings we’re dealing with, They are alien Beings who operate from a very different perspective than we do. The whole idea of eternal torment seems utterly extreme and unreasonable to us, but that’s hardly surprising considering how little we understand about the way our Gods love. While we struggle to forgive a single person for just one malicious act, our Gods delight in showering mercy down on the heads of countless vile sinners. Before we start beefing about the unfairness of God’s wrath, we need to acknowledge how unreasonable His mercy and love are. No way do we deserve as many chances as our Gods give us. If we’re going to please Them, we can’t pick and choose what aspects of Them we’re going to acknowledge and accept. Our Creators are boundless love and boundless wrath. They delight in both mercy and revenge. It’s on us to decide what kind of thrill we’re going to be to Them. If we submit to Them and embrace our place as Their dearly loved creatures, we will experience Their wonderful side. They’ll put us through tough stuff, but always with the end goal of improving the quality of our existence. But if we defy Them and reject the wonderful invitations They extend to us, then we’ll end up trapped on Their terrifying side for all of eternity. It’s so incredibly foolish to war against Beings who control every aspect of your existence. We didn’t choose to start existing, and we can’t choose to uncreate ourselves. We will be as long as our Creators want us to be.