Seriously, think about it: this god created the UNIVERSE. The SUN. The MOON. Out of absolutely nothing. And yet, He can’t seem to help even one single, small, tearful child when he really needs Him. If you get no proof of god in this life, if god offers you nothing of benefit to the only five senses that we possess, what’s the point in believing that he’ll give you an afterlife?

A stupid, but easy to grasp analogy would be if I asked you if I could borrow $5 every day. I say that I’ll pay you back tomorrow. I never pay you back, but you keep giving me $5 each day in the hopes that I will, in fact pay you back.

A year later, I’ve won the lottery, and I come across you. You’ve lost your wife and kids to a house fire. Now, you’re starving and homeless. To give you $5 would be nothing to me, the lottery winner, especially considering the commitment you showed me in your constant lending. And yet, I don’t. As I walk past you, I look at you, knowing full well that I could help you. I promised that I would pay you back. And yet, I don’t. Instead, I offer this: “I promise that in one year, I’ll give you $1 million, but each day you need to keep giving me $5.”

I have all the power in the world to save you from your destitution. You have done everything I ask in being faithful to me. And yet, I don’t. Instead, I offer you some mysterious and grand future.

Unless you’re a complete idiot, you’d stop believing my promises that very second.

In short, if I fail to keep my promises, or if I fail to even show you compassion in the here and now, what’s the point in trusting me to provide you with a fantastic “there and later”?

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” Romans 8:18