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well, getting back to the original post:
if you choose not to believe in a God that punishes people who don't believe in Him and rewards those who do then that is your choice. but assuming a God has the power attributed to the traditional God in the Christian sense (which we appear to be assuming by the first post in this thread) then it only stands to reason that this all powerful God also has the right to punish and reward those He wishes to punish and reward. thus, you have the choice of believing or not believing in Him and He has the choice to punish and/or reward you. however, assuming again that the God we're talking about is the traditional God we will never understand His reasons for anything He does being mortal. we will never know why He does what He does, we only He does it.
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
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