God is always present. We’re the ones who show up. - Rob Bell

In empire, you believe in that which you preserve, you preserve that which you are entitled to, and you are entitled to that which you have accumulated. ... That is the religion, the animating spirit, of empire.

Has God created millions of people over tens of thousands of years who are going to spend eternity in anguish? Can God do this, or even allow this, and still claim to be a loving God?
Does God punish people for thousands of years with infinite, eternal torment for things they did in their few finite years of life?

Often times when I meet atheists and we talked about the god they don't believe in, we quickly discover that I don't believe in that god either.