This is a point Thomas Paine made in his Age of Reason about Christian theology. Instead of displaying attributes of a fair and loving God who could forgive and condone anyone he created, even if they were foolish enough to oppose him, God instead reacts with supreme malice aforethought. Paine could not understand why he would allow a pointless cosmic war for possession of heaven to begin in the first place. A war in which all combatants were immortal, and in which Satan’s side had no hope in hell of winning. What sense was there then in consigning the defeated Satan and his angels/demons to the burning pit of Hades, only to release them all again, to work their revenge by corrupting the hearts and minds and souls of mankind, who really had no hand in any of this, thereby setting them at odds against himself. And to top it all off act innocent of any malfeasance on his part, proportioning blame on everyone else simply because. well he is God afterall. It just seems all so unnecessary, wasteful, tiring, mean-spirited, and malicious.
And to top it off all those mortals who by their massive, spiritual effort win their wings, are to be rewarded by being permitted to worship him 24/7 for Eternity. Hardly a consummation devoutly to be wished says a disappointed Hamlet. It would be difficult to come up with a more dastardly plot than this, but its hard to compete with Christians in the field of speculative eternal rewards and punishments…with maybe only the Muslims as close contenders with their virgins and wine.
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