God is supposed to be a father figure, right? And this alleged father says, “I give you complete free will to choose to believe in me or not,” right?

The reward for faith and obedience is eternal life in a utopic paradise. The punishment for disbelief is eternal, irreversable torture and pain.

A father who tells his children that he will only give them one chance to learn isn’t a good father.

A good father is patient and kind. A good father understands that a child will mess up and need to learn some lessons on their own. A good father would never consider the complete destruction of his child for the sake of his own ego. A good father would be terribly pained by his child’s pain and suffering. A good father would do everything in his power to prevent that pain.

The idea that the only way “up” is through required love doesn’t sound like love.

Imagine seeing a parent out in the world. Imagine hearing that parent say “If you don’t love me the way I want you to love me, then I will kill you” to their child. That would not be a good parent. That would be a petty, abusive, manipulative piece of trash. You would do well to save that child from that parent.

God doesn’t exist.