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Most of the "proofs", even taken at face value, don't get them anywhere they want to go. No matter if it's Pascal's Wager, or Kalam Cosmological Argument, or something that tortures the Second Law of Thermodynamics. They get you to some kind of god, but the Abrahamic God is supposed to be all knowing, all powerful, and caring. It's very difficult to get all three while being consistent with the world we see around us.
They should really be spending their effort coming up with "proofs" that it's specifically the Abrahamic god that exists. Good fucking luck bozo.
Add the characteristics of all wise and all just, the fact that the world around us is a test and it makes more sense. If you only consider the scope of this life without the retribution in the afterlife then yeah it doesn't make much sense and seems unjust.
It still doesn't make sense, because we are shaped by this world. It's like purposefully teaching a child wrong, and then acting surprised when he fails a test.
What is just about getting a random number between 0 and 100 years to take a secret test that has been intentionally hidden from you and then being tortured for all eternity if you fail?
You are assuming that not getting the memo gets you to eternaal punishment, which is false. Only those who failed the test after getting the message are punished accordingly. Those that the message did not reach (say in the Amazonian jungle) will get their own test on the Day of judgement and will get retributed according to how they fared.
We no longer have this issue in our time with the age of information.
That is not what I'm talking about at all.
Considering "the memo" is some theists going "My sky daddy will let you live forever if you do what he says and torture forever if you disobey. Trust me bro!" that doesn't affect her point.